incinerate
verb (used with object)
to burn or reduce to ashes; cremate.
incineration
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a word derived from
incinerate.
Example Sentences
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It tested every combination of recycling, landfill, incineration and anaerobic digestion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Italy's "Land of Fires", also known as the "Triangle of Death", has served as a dump and illegal incineration site since the late 1980s.
From Barron's ● May 23, 2026
Landfill taxes have made the option progressively more expensive that incineration, where the rubbish is burnt in a furnace to create electricity.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2025
Furthermore, he added, an incineration ban in effect in Flanders means that incineration plants “cannot accept these goods.”
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2025
The metal rims of the wheels had sunk three inches into the melting asphalt, and the truck ticked and popped and smoked, still hot from its incineration.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
