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See also: burndown
- (transitive) To cause (a structure) to burn to nothing.
- The police are hoping to find the people who burned down the cottage.
- (intransitive, of a structure) To burn completely, so that nothing remains.
- A fire which started in the bedroom caused the cottage to burn down.
To cause (a structure) to burn to nothing
To completely burn, so that nothing remains.