INCINERATES Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

incinerates

verb

present tense third-person singular of incinerate

as in ignites

to burn (something) completely The waste is incinerated in a large furnace.

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Recent Examples of incinerates With the transformer clicked on, one associate of Blaine and Anneliese's immediately incinerates. — Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 23 May 2026 In 2025, French firm Veolia flexed its global leadership in PFAS treatment by opening a massive plant in Delaware that filters PFAS from water and incinerates it to break the bond between fluorine and carbon, one of the strongest in chemistry. — Don Steinberg, Time, 30 Apr. 2026 In Death by Lightning, his performance as Charles Guiteau incinerates any attempt to categorize the presidential assassin. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025 No, the King of the Monsters unleashes his fiery breath on the man and incinerates him instead. — Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025

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This is the area where, if an ember lands and ignites something — a pile of firewood, a trash can or a deck — fire can break into the house and burn it down.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Continue reading … DOUBLE STANDARD — Attorney warns higher education is 'failing' as student faith fight ignites.

— , FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

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After all, what could go wrong sitting atop three million barrels of oil while a hostile country fires missiles and drones at it?

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
Andrew Garfield stars as Altman, with Anora‘s Yura Borisov playing Ilya Sutskever, the chief scientific officer and co-founder of OpenAI who fires Altman.

— Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026

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