as in to ignite
to burn (something) completely
The waste is incinerated in a large furnace.
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Recent Examples of incinerate
The shuttle and its precious human cargo were gone, incinerated in a fireball, debris raining into the Atlantic.
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
That’s because almost 75 percent of the EU’s post-consumer textiles are incinerated or landfilled at the end of life, the European Environment Agencyfound.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 9 Jan. 2026
Palm trees kept incinerating, and the fire seemed to be falling like rain.
—Literary Hub, 8 Jan. 2026
This led Fryer to incinerate leek tips, brew the cremains using boiling water and a coffee filter, and then mix the result into wine.
—Nicola Twilley, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
That’s because almost 75 percent of the EU’s post-consumer textiles are incinerated or landfilled at the end of life, the European Environment Agencyfound.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 9 Jan. 2026
Palm trees kept incinerating, and the fire seemed to be falling like rain.
—Literary Hub, 8 Jan. 2026
This led Fryer to incinerate leek tips, brew the cremains using boiling water and a coffee filter, and then mix the result into wine.
—Nicola Twilley, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for incinerate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incinerate
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Surveillance footage reviewed by police showed the man holding a flammable item, igniting the fire and kicking the item towards the victim.—
Tim Fang,
CBS News,
28 Feb. 2026
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Still, Meek’s traditionalist impulses often ignite his best songs.—
Dean Van Nguyen,
Pitchfork,
27 Feb. 2026
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The violence captured on cellphone videos and shared around the globe – buses burning, gas stations attacked, military helicopters flying overhead – wasn’t just happening in remote rural towns long plagued by drug violence.—
Mary Beth Sheridan,
CNN Money,
24 Feb. 2026
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Court documents reveal extensive injuries including ligature marks, burn marks, broken bones and deformity sustained before Crystal Marie Falcon’s death on February 13.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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Neely backed into the street with his gun and fired three times.—
Noelle Phillips,
Denver Post,
24 Feb. 2026
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Joslin, who is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns, is the first person to get fired from the park for the act.—
Outside,
Outside,
23 Feb. 2026
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Extreme weather filled the headlines and the social media feeds all year, up to nearly the end as parts of Southern California — where fire had turned neighborhoods to ash in January — drowned in atmospheric rivers of rain.—
Shaun McKinnon,
AZCentral.com,
29 Dec. 2025
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The ambush is delivered courtesy of the Mangkwan Clan, a cult of kamikaze hedonists who rejected Eywa after a volcano reduced their corner of Pandora to ash, but the RDA is happy to seize on the chaos and launch their final attack on the Metkayina’s oceanic stronghold.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
16 Dec. 2025
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The company worked with the Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter (BARCS) and animal control to identify and cremate the recovered pets.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
17 Feb. 2026
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The Hallfords charged more than $1,200 per customer, and the money the couple spent on luxury items would have covered the cost to cremate all of the bodies many times over, Crow said.—
Jesse Bedayn,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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Ingredients are prepped in a central kitchen and cooked at the restaurant’s various locations by Robby.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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Barrington Elementary For more than a decade, Claudia Lopez joined other Barrington Elementary School mothers to cook a meal of turkey, potato salad, mashed potatoes, cornbread and chocoflan for Thanksgiving.—
Keri Heath,
Austin American Statesman,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Incinerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incinerate. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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