Definition of incinerate
incinerated
;incinerating
transitive verb
: to cause to burn to ashes
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The waste is incinerated in a large furnace.
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And in King’s Landing, Cersei Lannister has seized control by incinerating the High Sparrow and her arch enemies.
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The experts criticized the government’s conclusions, saying there was no evidence of a fire large enough to incinerate the bodies and that government investigators had not looked in to other evidence.
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Fans took to the streets to incinerate their paraphernalia, potentially displaying their feelings of betrayal and releasing some of their anger.
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The experts criticized the government’s conclusions, saying there was no evidence of a fire large enough to incinerate the bodies and that government investigators had not looked in to other evidence.
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In King’s Landing, Cersei Lannister has seized the Iron Throne by incinerating the High Sparrow, his followers and her rivals in the Sept of Baelor.
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Infected carcasses will be incinerated at Poynette.
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Sometimes likened to hitting a bullet with a bullet, the collision is meant to incinerate the targeted warhead, neutralizing its nuclear explosive power.
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The tranquil setting will be the scene of a huge and bloody undertaking, with workers decapitating thousands of deer at roadside stations and stuffing their carcasses into cold storage until they can be sent to landfills or incinerated.
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Origin and Etymology of incinerate
Medieval Latin incineratus, past participle of incinerare, from Latin in- + ciner-, cinis ashes; akin to Greek konis dust, ashes
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: to burn (something) completely
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incinerated
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incinerated
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: to cause to burn to ashes
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