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incinerator

American  
[in-sin-uh-ray-ter] / ɪnˈsɪn əˌreɪ tər /

noun

  1. a furnace or apparatus for burning trash, garbage, etc., to ashes.


incinerator British  
/ ɪnˈsɪnəˌreɪtə /

noun

  1. a furnace or apparatus for incinerating something, esp refuse

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of incinerator

First recorded in 1880–85; incinerate + -or 2


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They received around 120 million euros at current exchange rates for the Tirana incinerator.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Nancy Tengler, who heads Laffer Tengler Investments and put in an order to buy shares of SpaceX, called the company's AI business a "cash incinerator" despite Musk's ambitions for the segment.

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026

Acting like a giant incinerator, the spinning flames destroy many of the particles responsible for dense smoke plumes.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2026

Tesla was an incinerator for years, nearly on the verge of bankruptcy multiple times, as Musk chased the idea of making EVs mainstream.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026

The steel door of the incinerator went up and the muted hum of the eternal fire became a red roaring.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

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