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Discover LudwigThe phrase "burning down" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it to describe a situation in which something is destroyed by fire. For example: "The old factory was burning down, and firefighters were unable to contain the blaze."
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burning down
verb
Present participle of burn down
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And you'd see the fuse burning down, and when it burned out, all trading stopped.
It was burning down.
Students burning down colleges.
It's like the house is burning down.
Never mind about burning down the house.
What about burning down the Danish embassy?
"That's your house in India burning down".
We'll financially hurt you by burning down buildings.
The house trailer was in danger of burning down.
The burning down of the old Thalia Theatre.
If the house is burning down, this gets saved first".
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