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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With his business up and running, an unexpected spark ignites his love life.

— Denise Petski, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2026
Continue reading … -- POLITICS BALLOT BOX DIVIDE — El-Sayed’s Jewish outreach ignites ‘tokenism’ fury as Michigan GOP chair makes bold prediction.

— , FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of ignites

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One burns the only copy of her sister’s precious handwritten manuscript; at least two others set houses on fire, one while her unsuspecting parents are still asleep inside.

— Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 25 Sep. 2026
Saha suffered 60% burns all over her body and remains in critical condition at a hospital, according to The Telegraph India and The Hindu.

— Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of burns

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In the show’s second season, Lumon struggles to contain the fallout from these discoveries and fires the head of the severed floor, Harmony Cobel (Patricia Arquette), replacing her with her former deputy, Seth Milchick (Tillman).

— Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Sep. 2026
In production, a specific number fires the protocol long before any mortality.

— Nilton Bernini, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026

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