as in to ignite
to burn (something) completely
The waste is incinerated in a large furnace.
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Recent Examples of incinerate
In Death by Lightning, his performance as Charles Guiteau incinerates any attempt to categorize the presidential assassin.
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Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
This contains a very small sink, a shower, and a choice between a flushing, composting, or incinerating toilet.
—New Atlas, 16 Nov. 2025
All Indianapolis household trash goes first to the Reworld waste processing facility on the south side, where last year roughly 60-70% of that waste was incinerated to create steam energy, according to Shawn Brock, deputy director of solid waste services.
—Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 14 Nov. 2025
Orbits of the Earth ultimately decay, as faint traces of the exosphere produce drag, causing a circling object eventually to plunge into the atmosphere and incinerate.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 14 Nov. 2025
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Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
This contains a very small sink, a shower, and a choice between a flushing, composting, or incinerating toilet.
—New Atlas, 16 Nov. 2025
All Indianapolis household trash goes first to the Reworld waste processing facility on the south side, where last year roughly 60-70% of that waste was incinerated to create steam energy, according to Shawn Brock, deputy director of solid waste services.
—Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 14 Nov. 2025
Orbits of the Earth ultimately decay, as faint traces of the exosphere produce drag, causing a circling object eventually to plunge into the atmosphere and incinerate.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 14 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incinerate
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Eager for the ball, Watson surveyed the lane and kicked out to Pickett for a 3-pointer that ignited a 7-0 Nuggets answer.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
14 Jan. 2026
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The complaint alleges the blaze ignited when the two workers from the Public Works Department were moving boulders in Trabuco Canyon.—
Claire Wang,
Oc Register,
14 Jan. 2026
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Supervisor Kathryn Barger's office, which represents the Eaton Fire burn scar communities, said she has been briefed by the EPA on the soil testing efforts.—
Nicole Comstock,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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The fires started just hours apart and burned for a month, killing 31 people and destroying more than 16,000 buildings across the county.—
Sarah Alegre,
FOXNews.com,
12 Jan. 2026
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After shooting Holmes several times, Taylor allegedly stepped away and then turned around and fired more shots into the victim, who was on the ground, according to the affidavit.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Jan. 2026
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One team member crawled inside and fired paintballs filled with vegetable oil, wildlife organization BEAR League told Fox News Digital on Thursday.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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Extreme weather filled the headlines and the social media feeds all year, up to nearly the end as parts of Southern California — where fire had turned neighborhoods to ash in January — drowned in atmospheric rivers of rain.—
Shaun McKinnon,
AZCentral.com,
29 Dec. 2025
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The ambush is delivered courtesy of the Mangkwan Clan, a cult of kamikaze hedonists who rejected Eywa after a volcano reduced their corner of Pandora to ash, but the RDA is happy to seize on the chaos and launch their final attack on the Metkayina’s oceanic stronghold.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
16 Dec. 2025
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The unusual discovery is shedding light on the complex nature of largely unknown funerary practices of African hunter-gatherers — and raises the question of why such effort was made to cremate only one person.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
6 Jan. 2026
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The husband of the mayor of Bayport has been charged with stealing the skull of a woman before her body was cremated in 2001, while he was employed as a funeral director at a Stillwater-area funeral home.—
Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
18 Dec. 2025
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To ensure that the chicken is fully cooked, tear the thickest part in half; if any part is still raw, continue cooking it until done.—
Heather Riske,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 Jan. 2026
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Two months after the fires, someone from the Colony ghost kitchens offered a space to start cooking again, and a break on the rent.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Incinerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incinerate. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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