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What does burn down mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word burn down? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To cause (a structure) to burn to nothing.
  2. (intransitive, of a structure) To burn completely, so that nothing remains.
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Lyrically, it's a typically delusional tale of a couple who burn down dance floors with the electricity between them.
Unless forests are protected from fires, there is no point in talking about biodiversity, because when fires occur, they burn down everything.
In a show of machismo he allowed the fuse to burn down almost to the very last before his friends began to scarper.
The fire is lit well ahead of time to allow the wood to burn down to non-flaming coals.
The sparks should flash up into the touch hole, the powder shouldn't have to burn down to it.
When extremist pro-life individuals and groups burn down abortion clinics, is that not an act of terrorism?

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