incinerate
verb (used with object)
to burn or reduce to ashes; cremate.
incinerated
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past participleof incinerate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof incinerate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
incinerateverb (used with object)to burn or reduce to ashes; cremate.
Example Sentences
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Roughly half the waste ends up incinerated, 38% digested and 12% recycled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Felix, a food redistribution charity, collects surplus food from shops and other providers so that it is not thrown away or incinerated.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Cars and batteries and plastics and metals and other things were incinerated, and a toxic plume traveled for miles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Elsewhere in France, a fire in the Fontainebleau forest near Paris incinerated a tenth of the UNESCO-listed site in mid-July, after several other wildfires in the country.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
Jack immediately grabbed May and dove to the floor, barely dodging a bolt of lightning that incinerated the stones just above the Wolf King.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
