burn up

phrasal verb

burned up or burnt up; burning up; burns up

: to be destroyed or cause (something) to be destroyed by fire

Most asteroids burn up upon entering the Earth's atmosphere.

Wildfires have been raging across the region burning up acres of forest.

Do we still need these old receipts? No, burn them up.

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Conventional metal satellites create aluminum oxide particles during re-entry, but wooden ones would just burn up with less pollution, Doi said. —

Reuters, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024 Conventional metal satellites create aluminum oxide particles during re-entry, but wooden ones would burn up with less pollution, Doi said. —

Reuters, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024 Almost all of it burns up during its descent, but the pieces that make it to the surface of our planet are called meteorites. —

Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Oct. 2024 This weighted infinity fit hoop for exercise is a comfortable, effective and fun way to burn up to 600 to 800 calories in an hour. —

Nora Colomer, Fox News, 3 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for burn up