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incinerate [ in-sin -uh -reyt ] SHOW IPA
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verb (used with object), in·cin·er·at·ed, in·cin·er·at·ing.
to burn or reduce to ashes; cremate.
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Origin of incinerate 1545–55; <Medieval Latin
incinerātus (past participle of
incinerāre ) <Latin
in- in-2 +
ciner- (stem of
cinis ) ashes +
-ātus -ate1
OTHER WORDS FROM incinerate in·cin·er·a·tion, noun un·in·cin·er·at·ed, adjective
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cremate ,
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combust ,
flame ,
light ,
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scald
How to use incinerate in a sentence Broiling under high heat will give you beautiful results in just a few minutes, as long as you don’t walk away and incinerate your dinner.
In Wuhan and elsewhere, much of the PPE and medical waste has been incinerate d.
Once dug up, the mink will be incinerate d as corporate waste.
It incinerate s trash, then uses catalytic filtration to remove pollutants from the resulting smoke, making it the cleanest waste-to-energy facility in the world.
Over the next two weeks, 900 blazes incinerate d six times as much land as all the state’s 2019 wildfires combined, forcing 100,000 people from their homes.
The Uaupes in the Amazons incinerate a corpse a month after death, pound up the ashes, and mix them with their fermented drink.
The soldiers, under the partial protection of the turn, could incinerate the helpless technies with little danger to themselves.
Also, we incinerate our victims—again, with full governmental permission.
To incinerate is to reduce to ashes; the sense differs little from that of cremate, but it is in less popular use.
Encountering another globe, our sun would doubtless produce so much heat as to incinerate all planetary life.
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British Dictionary definitions for incinerate
verb
to burn up completely; reduce to ashes
Derived forms of incinerate incineration , noun Word Origin for incinerate C16: from Medieval Latin incinerāre, from Latin in- ² + cinis ashes
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