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to burn (something) completely
The waste is incinerated in a large furnace.
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Recent Examples of incinerated
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
Michael Loria, USA Today, 8 May 2026
Likewise, drones came, and were incinerated while in the air.
—Mosheh Gains, NBC news, 7 May 2026
And, that the equivalent of a truckload of clothing is being incinerated or dumped in a landfill every second.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
Photograph by Serhiy Morgunov The drone’s explosion incinerated the doors of Nataliia’s apartment.
—Lizzie Johnson, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
Experts also say about 85 percent of all textiles wind up in landfills or are incinerated every year.
—Catherine Salfino, Footwear News, 23 Apr. 2026
Children have been incinerated.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2026
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
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
Likewise, drones came, and were incinerated while in the air.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 8 May 2026
Likewise, drones came, and were incinerated while in the air.
—Mosheh Gains, NBC news, 7 May 2026
And, that the equivalent of a truckload of clothing is being incinerated or dumped in a landfill every second.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
Photograph by Serhiy Morgunov The drone’s explosion incinerated the doors of Nataliia’s apartment.
—Lizzie Johnson, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
Experts also say about 85 percent of all textiles wind up in landfills or are incinerated every year.
—Catherine Salfino, Footwear News, 23 Apr. 2026
Children have been incinerated.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incinerated
Adjective
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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
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Yeager said none of the non-burned areas of the facility have been turned on again.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
13 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Fire crews in South Florida are continuing their work to contain and extinguish wildfires that ignited in Broward and Miami-Dade counties over the weekend that continue to grow in size.—
Zachary Bynum,
CBS News,
11 May 2026
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Drone attacks target gulf Arab nations The fragile ceasefire was again tested Sunday when a drone ignited a small fire on a ship off Qatar, while the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait reported drones entering their airspace.—
Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026
Adjective
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Create a paste with baking soda and water; spread over the scorched area(s).—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
11 Feb. 2026
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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
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Trump nominates Cameron Hamilton to lead FEMA, a surprising comeback after the former Navy SEAL was fired last May for defending the agency’s existence amid calls to dismantle it.—
Gabriela Aoun Angueira,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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Trooper Brett Cook also fired one round at Williams, Prescott wrote.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2026
Adjective
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The Orion capsule, sitting propped up at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, is a charred testament to the challenge of that return trip.—
Chelsea Gohd,
Space.com,
8 May 2026
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On the ground were the charred remains of the bus and tanker truck, with twisted metal scattered across the highway.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 May 2026
Adjective
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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
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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
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Birria is a traditional stew from Jalisco, slow-cooked until tender and rich.—
Vivian Chung,
Travel + Leisure,
14 May 2026
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Asia, Allyssia and Alivia Yarbrough, who, according to the Daily Mail, all have large numbers of followers, had an issue with how their steaks had been cooked at Arthur's Prime Steakhouse on Sunday.—
Sean Joseph OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2026
Adjective
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Inside the clubhouse at Ferry Point, the bar menu lists a $15 espresso martini, while the skirt steak with chimichurri sauce and the pan-seared salmon over tricolor quinoa go for $36 apiece.—
Rick Maese,
Washington Post,
7 May 2026
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About 60 percent of the menu changes seasonally, with popular entrees including spaghetti alla nerano and pan-seared salmon with heirloom tomato beurre blanc and white bean succotash.—
Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
1 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Incinerated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incinerated. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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