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incinerated

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verb

past tense of incinerate

Example Sentences

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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
Even after treatment, some could not be recycled and had to be sent to landfill or incinerated. Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026 Hundreds have felt helpless in the Via De La Paz, Pacific Palisades condominium complex, as the wildfire incinerated half of it. Kara Finnstrom, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026 Each year, the world generates fabric waste at a rate equivalent to a garbage truck’s worth getting dumped or incinerated every second, the United Nations Environment Program estimates. Anne D’innocenzio, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026 Another is to pay fishers to catch inedible ones like the puffer fish so they can be incinerated. ABC News, 30 July 2026 In 2020, the wildfires that incinerated nearly half the island took the Southern Ocean Lodge, too. Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 23 July 2026 Kathleen insists that Lukas was likely incinerated, along with all of the other corpses that piled up in the Down Deep during the rebellion. Noel Murray, Vulture, 17 July 2026 Garbage was often incinerated rather than transported to landfills. Rebecca Florsheim, STAT, 17 July 2026 The deaths come after wildfires have incinerated parts of the Southwest, with fires entering Utah, Colorado, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico, according to the paper. Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 30 June 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
  • Grande became the face of an ongoing conversation around health, and the cultural pendulum swing away from body positivity to the glorification of thinness, ignited by the proliferation of weight-loss drugs.
    José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 27 Aug. 2026
  • As with anything related to Meghan and Harry, even the most gossamer threads of gossip quickly ignited, and news of Meghan’s mysterious new role spread across multiple continents.
    K.J. Yossman, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • If possible, wait until the extreme temperatures cool to apply pesticides that can cause scorched leaves.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 20 June 2026
  • Later the day of the arson, a young man with scorched hands faced an FBI agent and others investigating the crime.
    Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 4 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Panettiere said she was fired from a decade-plus brand deal with Neutrogena after speaking out about postpartum depression in a 2015 interview on national TV.
    Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Abreu hit a smash to first baseman Bryce Eldridge, who dove to knock it down, then fired a throw home.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 23 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • From there, the oven can crank out a perfectly charred Neapolitan pizza in just 90 seconds.
    Olivia Tarantino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Video from the scene showed the charred end of the bus, which was destroyed by flames and smoke.
    Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 24 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Store cooked chicken in the refrigerator up to 3 days or in the freezer up to 4 months.
    Sheena Chihak, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Cover and simmer for 8–10 minutes, or until the meatballs are fully cooked.
    Sharon Lawson, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Originating in London, Steak Diane is a pan-seared steak topped with a flambéed cream and cognac sauce, that became a staple dish in the 1960s and 1970s across the United States.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 24 Aug. 2026
  • These mouthwatering short ribs are pan-seared until caramelized and then braised in a savory red wine sauce.
    Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 12 Aug. 2026

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“Incinerated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incinerated. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

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