1) The
act of unpleasantly and permanently ending relations with another
person, or an organization.
2) To act harshly/disgracefully upon leaving a situation to ensure that you will not be welcomed back.
3) To cut off the
way upon which you came from, making it impossible to return or retreat.
1) Our
friendship was so broken by that point, the only way we could move on was to
burn bridges between us.
2)She walked out of the store she was employed at, screaming and cursing at the management. She burned her bridges and
will never be able to step back in there again.
3)In order to commit the troops to battle, the general made the difficult, and risky choice of burning bridges behind them.