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incinerated

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verb

past tense of incinerate

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Recent Examples of incinerated
Adjective
Grace, her white lace dress blackened with blood, is smoking a cigarette outside of an incinerated mansion that belongs to her in-laws, the Le Domas, who are all dead. Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026 Know More Initially founded in 2012 with a $5 million dollar grant from the John Templeton Foundation, Nautilus incinerated cash, sparing no expense in its pursuit of bringing resplendent literary science to the reading public. Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 16 Feb. 2026
Verb
Solar recycling innovation Global plastic production exceeds 400 million tonnes annually, yet only about 18 percent is recycled, leaving the majority to be incinerated, landfilled, or released into natural ecosystems. Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 6 Apr. 2026 In a Sierra Nevada canyon all but incinerated in the 2021 KNP Complex fire, a new forest of California’s beloved giant sequoias is now growing. Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026 Ninety-four percent of Rhode Island's sludge is incinerated, with the material going to either Woonsocket or a smaller facility in Cranston. Alex Kuffner, The Providence Journal, 3 Mar. 2026 Some can be incinerated, but that releases chemicals and smoke into the atmosphere. Devika Rao, TheWeek, 3 Mar. 2026 Some e-waste is sent to other countries, where materials may end up incinerated or buried in a landfill. Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2026 The shuttle and its precious human cargo were gone, incinerated in a fireball, debris raining into the Atlantic. Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026 That’s because almost 75 percent of the EU’s post-consumer textiles are incinerated or landfilled at the end of life, the European Environment Agencyfound. Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 9 Jan. 2026 The Eaton Fire incinerated the home where Arts Davis and his wife raised three girls and hundreds of his paintings. Kara Finnstrom, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incinerated
Adjective
  • Designed to function like an ice resurfacer, BurnBot lays down pre-burned paths that define the boundaries of burn areas.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 15 Nov. 2025
  • Yeager said none of the non-burned areas of the facility have been turned on again.
    Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • One person died in an apartment fire ignited by a faulty e-bike battery in San José last week, authorities said.
    Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026
  • That ignited a 16-4 run that stretched into the fourth and gave Boston its first double-digit lead of the game.
    Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Create a paste with baking soda and water; spread over the scorched area(s).
    Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Pictures from the scene show the scorched roof as firefighters put out hot spots once the flames died down.
    Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Indianapolis police are investigating after multiple shots were fired into the home of Indianapolis City-County Councilor Ron Gibson on Monday.
    Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • In March 2021, in Little Village, a police officer chased Adam Toledo on foot after shots were fired on a street corner.
    CBS Chicago Team, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • This was a rye bourbon entered at 125 proof into a level-four charred cask made from the bottom half of a tree from staves that were seasoned for 12 months.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Associated Press journalists saw charred bodies in vehicles and on the ground at one of Beirut's busiest intersections in the central Corniche al Mazraa neighborhood, a mixed commercial and residential area.
    CBS News, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • With plenty of black cherry, caramel, and singed vanilla, this is immediately appealing as soon as it’s poured.
    Brian Freedman, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
  • Lu says his brother performed bold chemistry experiments that sometimes ended with singed eyebrows or small explosions.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 12 June 2025
Verb
  • The Knicks had no answer for the Celtics’ sixth man, who cooked Mikal Bridges, Josh Hart and Miles McBride alike on Thursday night.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2026
  • During the live conversation, some of the attendees cooked along with us.
    Roxane Gay, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • That swelling saxophone score became seared into viewers’ memories — a musical cue that something terrible was about to unfold.
    Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Chicken with rice and vegetables, ratatouille and pan-seared salmon are pregnancy-safe meals everyone will enjoy.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2026

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“Incinerated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incinerated. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.

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