Question 1

What does "burn down" mean?

Accepted Answer

(Of a building) to be completely destroyed by fire, or to destroy a building by fire.

Question 2

How do you use "burn down" in a sentence?

Accepted Answer

The old town hall burned down in the 1920s and was never rebuilt.

Question 3

Is "burn down" formal or informal?

Accepted Answer

"burn down" is register-neutral — appropriate in both casual and formal contexts. The most common use is for buildings being destroyed by fire. Can be intransitive ('the house burned down') or transitive ('arsonists burned the building down'). Also used for a fire or flame dying down as fuel is exhausted.

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