Dictionary / Vocabulary / 焼失
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destruction by fire; losing in a fire; being burnt down
蔵書の半分以上が昨夜の火事で焼失してしまった。
More than half of my books were destroyed by the fire last night.
火災で郵便列車は郵便物の大半を焼失した。
The mail train lost most of its mail in the fire.
その家は焼失した。
The house was destroyed by fire.