incinerator
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of incinerator
First recorded in 1880–85; incinerate + -or 2
Vocabulary lists containing incinerator
Example Sentences
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“The draft calls on aligning facilities with this ISO standard,” said Monica Wilson, senior director of global programs at the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2025
Shlomo Dowen, from the anti-incineration campaign group, UK Without Incinerator Network, said that the pause had been "imposed due to serious concerns about over-provision of incineration capacity", which he said had "not gone away".
From BBC • May 29, 2024
“These negotiations have so far failed to deliver on their promise,” said Ana Lê Rocha, the director of the global plastics program at the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives.
From Washington Times • Nov. 20, 2023
Single-use plastics are ubiquitous in Philippines, which uses a staggering 163 million sachets a day, according to a 2016 study by environment group The Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives.
From Reuters • Nov. 14, 2022
This machine, when it made its first appearance at the front, was nicknamed 'The Spinning Incinerator'.
From The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir
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