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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During this time, fragments of the rocket burning up as fireballs could be seen in the skies over the country, according to the Polish Press Agency and videos shared on social media.
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Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Small asteroids typically burn up in the upper atmosphere before ever reaching Earth’s surface to become meteorites.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2025
Incorporating in 2021, Black Bee has been burning up the hot sauce world ever since.
—Jeff Burkhart, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2025
The first in March is a difficult case for my prediction: While the launch itself was successful, the booster stage burned up while hurtling back to the ocean and the ship itself appears to have disintegrated at some point.
—Bryan Walsh, Vox, 30 Dec. 2024
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Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Small asteroids typically burn up in the upper atmosphere before ever reaching Earth’s surface to become meteorites.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2025
Incorporating in 2021, Black Bee has been burning up the hot sauce world ever since.
—Jeff Burkhart, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2025
The first in March is a difficult case for my prediction: While the launch itself was successful, the booster stage burned up while hurtling back to the ocean and the ship itself appears to have disintegrated at some point.
—Bryan Walsh, Vox, 30 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for burn up
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“Burn up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burn%20up. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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