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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
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 Of that unwanted apparel—about 13 million tons in 2018—85 percent is annually sent to a landfill or incinerated. Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026 The global plastic waste trade Large amounts of plastic waste are shipped around the world – some to be recycled and much to simply be disposed of in landfills or incinerated. Ellen M. Considine, The Conversation, 2 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
  • This launch, followed by E*Trade's even lower 50 bps fee, has ignited a price war, significantly undercutting native crypto exchanges like Coinbase.
    Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The attack ignited a massive blaze at gasoline-storage tank that burned through the night into Tuesday morning, according to the Civil Defense, a first responders’ agency.
    ABC News, ABC News, 11 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
  • During the war, Tehran had reportedly fired missiles as far as Diego Garcia, a joint US-UK military base about 2,000 miles from Iran.
    Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Tenants of the building on Bergen Street were told to remain in their units for several hours as police investigated reports of shots fired and at least three people wounded.
    Andrew Ramos, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Archaeologists recently uncovered charred wooden beams in Jerusalem dating back roughly 2,600 years — likely remnants of the destruction of Solomon's Temple.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • For bourbon to be classified as bourbon, it must be aged in brand-new, charred oak barrels, and that charring produces a lot of these flavors and aromas as well.
    Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The dramatic recipe involves equal parts literary ambition, risk-taking, and chutzpah, with a dash of substance abuse, cooked on the high heat of adolescent lust that brings Tony to Provincetown in pursuit of a schoolmate named Nancy (Emilia Jones).
    Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Overnight oats are nutritionally similar to classic oatmeal—the main difference is that they’re soaked instead of cooked.
    Lynn Andriani, Martha Stewart, 7 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Another dish to look out for is the seared tuna ($44), bathed in a delectable coconut and brown-butter sauce that’s paired with Jimmy Nardello peppers that look spicy but simply offer a fresh crunch.
    Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Pan seared salmon is lush with a creamy radish sauce and pine nuts.
    Connie Ogle July 31, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026

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“Incinerated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incinerated. Accessed 13 Aug. 2026.

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