incinerate
verb (used with object)
to burn or reduce to ashes; cremate.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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There is no small irony in watching a film about loving the planet while sitting in a venue that is incinerating spectacular amounts of electricity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2023