焼き払う

やきはらう

to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off

Also written 焼きはらう、焼払う

Meanings

Godan verb (-u), Transitive
to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off

これらの家いえは敵軍てきぐんの手てで焼やき払はらわれた。

These houses were burnt down to the ground by the enemy.
竜崎が私わたしたちのアパートを焼やき払はらったので、竜崎に対たいする私わたしの主人しゅじんの憎にくしみは一層いっそうひどくなりました。

Tatsuzaki burnt down our apartment, so my husband's hatred towards him increased immensely.