burn down
Reduce to ashes
To burn down is to destroy by fire, typically a building or structure, reducing it to the ground: The warehouse burned down overnight.
The phrase works both transitively (Arsonists burned down the church) and intransitively (The old barn burned down in the storm).
Burn down emphasizes complete destruction, distinguishing it from partial fire damage.
fire destruction
Criminal deliberate burning
- infernoDevastating, uncontrollable blaze
- blazeIntense burning fire
- conflagrationLarge destructive blaze
- flamesVisible burning combustion
incinerate · torch · ignite · engulf · wildfire · firestorm · smoldering · charred
arson
Criminal deliberate burning
- infernoDevastating, uncontrollable blaze
- blazeIntense burning fire
- conflagrationLarge destructive blaze
flames · incinerate · torch · ignite · engulf · wildfire · firestorm · smoldering · charred · scorched