incinerator
noun
in·cin·er·a·tor
in-ˈsi-nə-ˌrā-tər 
: one that incinerates
especially
: a furnace or a container for incinerating waste materials
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Smoke from a nearby garbage incinerator rises in plumes.
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Kyra Morris, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2025
Aaron Henderson is facing charges of assault, unlawful imprisonment and endangering the welfare of a child for tossing the baby down the chute, sending her tumbling three floors to the basement incinerator inside the seven-story building near Steuben St. and Weser Ave.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 23 July 2025
The plan does not call for building a new incinerator in Broward.
—Linda Thompson Gonzalez, Sun Sentinel, 20 July 2025
But where? Miami-Dade needs a new incinerator because the old one burned down and landfills are running out of space.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 19 July 2025
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Kyra Morris, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2025
Aaron Henderson is facing charges of assault, unlawful imprisonment and endangering the welfare of a child for tossing the baby down the chute, sending her tumbling three floors to the basement incinerator inside the seven-story building near Steuben St. and Weser Ave.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 23 July 2025
The plan does not call for building a new incinerator in Broward.
—Linda Thompson Gonzalez, Sun Sentinel, 20 July 2025
But where? Miami-Dade needs a new incinerator because the old one burned down and landfills are running out of space.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 19 July 2025
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“Incinerator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incinerator. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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incinerator
noun
in·cin·er·a·tor
in-ˈsin-ə-ˌrāt-ər
: a furnace or a container for burning waste materials
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