burn down
(transitive, slang) To kill (someone), especially by shooting; to attack (someone).
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Stalin didn't burn down a warehouse for the revolution. He robbed a bank!
You can do the hard thing! But also burn down capitalism!
They need to realize if you stop doping the masses we might turn off the cartoons and burn down the goddamn country.
Down, let it all burn down (Bury me six feet deep and just cover me in concrete, please) Burn it to the ground (You can be anyone you want to be)
― 🍓 Es (MILGRAM) I actually got into MILGRAM by accident, an Es cover showed up randomly on my youtube shuffle and I straight up fell into a rabbit hole. Honestly, no idea why Es instantly became my fave, but I woul…
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(transitive, slang) To kill (someone), especially by shooting; to attack (someone).
The police are hoping to find the people who burned down the cottage.
“The super easy literal arguments are: Elon Musk is an evil asshole. Peter Thiel is an insane techno-fascist. etc, etc, etc But no, people want to burn down buildings full of servers.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“To the person who had "Burn Down the Master's House" by Clay Cane as a recommendation, I smite thee but thank thee at the same time. 😢 I hope the U.S. never recovers until the ancestors are made whole. 🤷🏾♀️”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Words have consequences, like over here, a person (married to a tory, of course) called for thugs rioting to burn down migrant accommodation over on the other place, with the people inside, she went to prison for her words, and is still whining about it to this day...”
— Bluesky· May 2026““Burn Down Master’s House” www.strandbooks.com/burn-down-ma... www.shopunclebobbies.com/product/burn... www.barnesandnoble.com/w/burn-down-...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“They won’t burn down with the amount of water they use to cool them. 😡”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(transitive) To cause (a structure) to burn to nothing.
The police are hoping to find the people who burned down the cottage.
“Stalin didn't burn down a warehouse for the revolution. He robbed a bank!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“You can do the hard thing! But also burn down capitalism!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“They need to realize if you stop doping the masses we might turn off the cartoons and burn down the goddamn country.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Down, let it all burn down (Bury me six feet deep and just cover me in concrete, please) Burn it to the ground (You can be anyone you want to be)”
— Bluesky· May 2026“― 🍓 Es (MILGRAM) I actually got into MILGRAM by accident, an Es cover showed up randomly on my youtube shuffle and I straight up fell into a rabbit hole. Honestly, no idea why Es instantly became my fave, but I would burn down an army for them. I am their #1 defender. 😭😭😭”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(intransitive, of a structure) To burn completely, so that nothing remains.
A fire which started in the bedroom caused the cottage to burn down.
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