English-Dutch translations for burn down

• afbranden
• platbranden
  Om een mierennest te vernietigen, moet men echter niet het hele huis platbranden.However, for the sake of destroying a hornets' next it should not be necessary to burn down the whole house.

Definition of burn down

• To cause to burn to nothing
• To burn completely, so that nothing remains

Examples

• The police are hoping to find the people who burned down the cottage.
• A fire which started in the bedroom caused the cottage to burn down

Related words

• burn
• burning
• sunburn
• viburnum
• burner
• burnish
• burnout
• heartburn
• sideburns
• burned