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Meanings of burnt the houses in English

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Usage of burnt the houses in English
1
This army came in peace, it burnt the houses of all their people.
History of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume...
2
Agreeable to the marquis of Pianessa's orders, they likewise plundered the estates, and burnt the houses of the people.
Fox's Book of Martyrs / Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, a...
3
The day following a party of the enemy went ashore on James's Island, and burnt the houses on a plantation by the riverside.
An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies o...
4
They burnt the houses and churches, knocking off the heads of the popish images, crying, "Down go the gods of the Spaniards."
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume...
5
Sometimes marauders burnt the houses they'd looted, but more often it was just nature, the kinds of fires you got in forests and on mountains.
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