incinerate
verb (used with object)
to burn or reduce to ashes; cremate.
has incinerated
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present perfectof incinerate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The fire has incinerated more than 190,000 acres and there’s fear that smoke columns could lead to lightning storms that could lead to even more blazes.
From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2021
As any distracted s’mores maker who has incinerated a marshmallow knows, it can also be one of the trickiest activities to do well.
From New York Times ● Jul. 23, 2021
Yes, a routine — here, now, in a year that has incinerated all feeble feelings of familiarity, that has stripped us of our comfortable sports cocoons.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 20, 2020
The Carr Fire, in Redding, a hundred and sixty miles north of Sacramento, has incinerated over a thousand structures, most of them people’s homes.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 1, 2018
