incinerate

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in·cin·er·ate | \ in-ˈsi-nə-ˌrāt

incinerated; incinerating

Definition of incinerate

transitive verb

: to cause to burn to ashes

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The waste is incinerated in a large furnace.

Recent Examples on the Web Most of it is in low-Earth orbit, and pieces of space junk can lose altitude over time and incinerate in the atmosphere. — Alice Gorman, CNN, 8 May 2021 Much—but not all—of the rocket should also incinerate during reentry. — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 5 May 2021 The carnage of the Tokyo fire-raid did not cause LeMay to stop the strategy, and his forces continued to incinerate Japanese cities in the six months that followed. — Paul Kennedy, WSJ, 30 Apr. 2021 This was more like a landfill fire, a big heap of garbage that simmered and flared and burned, with every day having a new aroma as the flames found something new to incinerate. — Star Tribune, 11 Dec. 2020 At their destination, a thermoelectric plant, a crane hoisted the drugs to the roof to incinerate them in an industrial furnace that Cuban officials say burns at over 1,700 degrees Celsius. — Patrick Oppmann, CNN, 9 Dec. 2020 More and more frequently, these big fires incinerate streamside habitats, burning off vegetation that normally holds the soil in place, Bonar said. — Ian James, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2020 The monstrous Glass Fire would go on to incinerate 67,000 acres, destroying or damaging more than 1,000 homes and commercial buildings. — Carolyn Jung, SFChronicle.com, 13 Oct. 2020 For years, burn pits were used to incinerate all kinds of unwanted stuff--from waste to hazardous materials and even chemicals. — Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2020

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