"burn" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- However, Sheridan later rescinded the order upon receiving news that it had been a fair fight, but not after having burned nearly thirty houses and barns.
- I had come east to fight a war, not to rape fan women and burn barns.
- He apologized to the latter for burning his house and barns at Saratoga.
- So we burn our silos and barns.
- Willard continued to burn four houses and several barns in the early morning of August 17.
- They moved against the civilian population that supported the Boers, burning their houses and barns.
- Moving north "down" the Valley, the Union troops burned crops, food, barns and anything that might be useful to the Confederate army.
- When he raided, he often burned sugar cane fields, houses and barns, and he continued to kill slaves who were loyal to their masters.
- The invaders burned houses and barns, and killed men, women and children.
- The goal was to deny the Confederacy the means of feeding its armies in Virginia, and Sheridan's army burned crops, barns, mills, and factories.
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