as in to ignite
to burn (something) completely
The waste is incinerated in a large furnace.
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Recent Examples of incinerate
The devastating blazes have killed at least 11 people and incinerated more than 12,000 structures since Tuesday, laying waste to entire neighborhoods once home to multimillion-dollar properties.
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Alex Veiga, Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2025
When its mission concludes, most of the probe will incinerate, leaving only its carbon heat shield to orbit the sun for potentially billions of years, until the very end of the solar system itself.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
The August 2023 fire in Maui similarly incinerated residential communities composed largely of older housing.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2025
The 2017 Tubbs Fire incinerated nearly 37,000 acres, marking the start of a new era of disasters for the state not unlike the one currently ravaging Los Angeles.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025
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Alex Veiga, Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2025
When its mission concludes, most of the probe will incinerate, leaving only its carbon heat shield to orbit the sun for potentially billions of years, until the very end of the solar system itself.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
The August 2023 fire in Maui similarly incinerated residential communities composed largely of older housing.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2025
The 2017 Tubbs Fire incinerated nearly 37,000 acres, marking the start of a new era of disasters for the state not unlike the one currently ravaging Los Angeles.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incinerate
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In an unconfirmed video posted to X, a plane can be seen coming for a landing at a snowy airport before impacting, igniting and rolling onto its starboard side.—
Ramon Padilla,
USA TODAY,
18 Feb. 2025
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The highly successful show has not only ignited the careers of newcomers but also inspired a revival for veteran actors.—
Catherine Santino,
People.com,
16 Feb. 2025
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The pair, who met as college undergrads, both burned with idealism and recognized their privilege could be leveraged for a game-changing idea.—
Carole Horst,
Variety,
13 Sep. 2023
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The Ellen MacArthur Foundation promotes circular fashion and says that, in the United States, an amount of clothing equal to a garbage truck is ferried to landfills or burned every second.—
Neeti Mehra,
Treehugger,
13 Sep. 2023
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That maneuver went at the heart of what was regarded as a sacrosanct tenet in American government: that civil servants remain outside partisan politics and can’t be fired without due process.—
Anna Maria Barry-Jester,
ProPublica,
9 Feb. 2025
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Baez is accused of firing multiple shots at Grant, striking him in the torso, on Nov. 27 around 2:42 p.m., near E. 161st St. and Morris Ave.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
9 Feb. 2025
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According to the county certificate, Lynch was cremated and his remains were buried Jan. 22 at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
8 Feb. 2025
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Rivero understood his son’s trepidation, having experienced the trauma of cremating his own father nearly 20 years earlier.—
Collin Blinder,
The Mercury News,
28 Jan. 2025
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Other ways to reuse the tree include: Burning the wood to ash your garden. Making firewood.—
Kaycee Sloan,
The Enquirer,
23 Dec. 2024
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Elsewhere in the Kardashian multiverse, Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet went public with their relationship, kissing and cuddling in the VIP section with Chalamet ashing cigarettes into the crowd … have some more respect for both the artistry and Diana Ross’s lungs.—
Vulture,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2023
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Traveling across Pakistan to cook and break bread with people from all over Pakistan was the ultimate coming home experience.—
Sonya Rehman,
Forbes,
11 Feb. 2025
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Not to mention, just buying fresh, whole, totally unprocessed foods would require you to cook every meal, which can be impractical.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Incinerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incinerate. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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