Synonyms of incinerating

incinerating

verb

present participle of incinerate

as in igniting

to burn (something) completely

The waste is incinerated in a large furnace.

Related Words

• igniting
• burning
• firing
• cremating
• cooking
• torching
• ashing
• kindling
• baking
• lighting
• immolating
• inflaming
• charring
• scorching
• kilning
• enkindling
• broiling
• setting off
• deflagrating
• searing
• scalding
• rekindling
• stoking
• scathing
• relighting
• frizzling
• reigniting
• banking

Dissimilar Words

• stamping (out)
• extinguishing
• quenching
• putting out
• dousing
• snuffing (out)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of incinerating

Season 2 saw Aemond purposefully incinerating his brother, leaving him badly burned, and decimating the Riverlands while on Vhagar. — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026

Today’s severe fires can change a landscape for centuries by killing most or all of the trees, baking the soil, incinerating the seeds and leaving large open areas that cannot easily recover, Williams said. — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 3 July 2026

For Thursday and Friday, the ridge of high pressure dominating the weather pattern and incinerating the East Coast with triple-digit feels-like temperatures shifts just enough to allow for some Gulf moisture to build in. — Michael Autovino, CBS News, 1 July 2026

The bathroom is nearby and contains a vanity sink, a walk-in shower, and an incinerating toilet – which literally turns waste into ash. — Adam Williams july 01, New Atlas, 1 July 2026

This rapid heating causes the cell walls to rupture, leading to wilting of the foliage and ultimately killing the plants without completely incinerating them. — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 10 June 2026

Corporate America is incinerating billions of dollars trying to build AI tools that white-collar workers actually want to use. — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 6 May 2026

Astroscale is working on a system in which satellites are equipped with magnetic plates allowing them to be captured by disposal satellites which carry them down to the upper atmosphere and dump them for an incinerating descent. — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 16 Apr. 2026

The white phosphorus then ignites and burns intensely, destroying the agents by incinerating them – a method meant to reduce the risk of spreading the materials and to limit potential harm to civilians and the surrounding environment. — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 8 Mar. 2026