incinerating

verb

present participle of incinerate
as in igniting
to burn (something) completely The waste is incinerated in a large furnace.

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Recent Examples of incinerating The truck eventually explodes, seemingly incinerating the T-1000. — ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incinerating
  1. igniting
  2. burning
  3. firing
Verb
  • Bowers dominated the Raiders’ defense in training camp, had success against a top Texans unit in their joint practice and is obviously the key to igniting the offense.
    — Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The index then roared back to life, igniting a blistering nine-week winning streak.
    — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of igniting
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  • As the planet heats up, driven by humans burning fossil fuels, the oceans are changing.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Twenty miles from the start of stage eight in Puçol, the biggest wildfire in 40 years in the city of Valencia was close to being extinguished but was still burning.
    — Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of burning
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  • The schism led to Faye firing Sonko and dissolving his government before appointing new ministers.
    — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 7 Sep. 2026
  • There is no striking cover on the bench when Thierno Barry is not firing, and summer signing Christian Norgaard is unlikely to feature before the late-September-into-early-October international break.
    — Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of firing

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“Incinerating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incinerating. Accessed 10 Sep. 2026.

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