as in to ignite
to burn (something) completely
The waste is incinerated in a large furnace.
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Recent Examples of incinerate
Advertisement If Earth is ultimately doomed—if the sun will begin to incinerate us in about a billion years—Mars wouldn’t do as a safe harbor, since that planet would be put to the torch as well.
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
It's accessed by sliding door and contains a shower and a sink, plus a choice of flushing, composting or incinerating toilet.
—New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2025
Most PETs are incinerated or landfilled because conventional recycling methods struggle with complex, contaminated waste streams.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
Even if you are incinerated, your teeth will remain there.
—Veronica Villafañe, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
It's accessed by sliding door and contains a shower and a sink, plus a choice of flushing, composting or incinerating toilet.
—New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2025
Most PETs are incinerated or landfilled because conventional recycling methods struggle with complex, contaminated waste streams.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
Even if you are incinerated, your teeth will remain there.
—Veronica Villafañe, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incinerate
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Later Punch would finally ignite the Schollmaier Arena crowd with a one-handed slam dunk in transition.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Nov. 2025
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Trump's relationship with both sports and celebrity culture has been a recurring feature of his political brand, and his responses to public figures like Swift often ignite widespread debate and online discourse.—
Megan Cartwright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
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Walk out of a play’s shadows back into the clear light of day without a there to take with you, and even a burning cauldron will become little more than a brief candle.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2025
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Veg/cm/61 Fire has been burning on private land.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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Iran fired hundreds of ballistic missiles into Israel in response and attacked the Middle East's largest American military base in Qatar.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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The news comes a week after the school fired football head coach Brian Kelly and then former athletic director Scott Woodward a few days later.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
5 Nov. 2025
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The Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin has a deep cultural tie to ash trees because they are used in the ancient craft of basket weaving, which has been a staple of tribal life for thousands of years.—
Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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Nearly two years later, there’s still evidence at the crime scene that shook this small island country — ash on jutting rocks, melted scraps of plastic and fabric scattered in the verdant shrubbery where wild dogs stalk giant lizards.—
Brenna Ehrlich,
Rolling Stone,
26 Oct. 2025
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In the following story (which reads rather like an origin-myth for the cremation rite), a dead woman who has not been cremated seems physical enough to her family: A family lived in isolation in the jungle.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
31 Oct. 2025
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No other conditions were listed, and the Annie Hall actress was cremated on Oct. 14.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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Add beef to Dutch oven and cook, undisturbed, until deeply browned on 2 sides, about 8 minutes.—
Amanda Stanfield,
Southern Living,
9 Nov. 2025
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In Getaria, the star ingredient, fish, is typically cooked on the grill outside the door of every restaurant.—
Michelle Arellano Martin,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Incinerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incinerate. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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