incinerate
verb
in·cin·er·ate
in-ˈsi-nə-ˌrāt 
incinerated; incinerating
: to cause to burn to ashes
Examples of incinerate in a Sentence
The waste is incinerated in a large furnace.
Recent Examples on the Web
On his way out of town, an explosion engulfs a tunnel in Reykjavik in flames, indiscriminately incinerating vehicles and bodies like his own.
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Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2024
The problem for the entertainment conglomerates was that blowing up the pay-TV bundle meant incinerating the fees that cable and satellite companies pay for their channels.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024
Gelder’s character dies in the final season of Game of Thrones when the Great Sept of Baelor is incinerated by wildfire.
—Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 May 2024
Or it gets incinerated in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, or upstate New York and turned into energy.
—Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
Two other vehicles in the convoy were incinerated and mangled, indicating multiple hits.
—Ashraf Khalil, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2024
Later, the set was recreated on a sound stage, and incinerated.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 23 Mar. 2024
Missiles and rockets have since incinerated most of his coops.
—Isabel Kershner Sergey Ponomarev, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
Their possessions, including their identification papers, had been incinerated.
—Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2024
The problem for the entertainment conglomerates was that blowing up the pay-TV bundle meant incinerating the fees that cable and satellite companies pay for their channels.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024
Gelder’s character dies in the final season of Game of Thrones when the Great Sept of Baelor is incinerated by wildfire.
—Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 May 2024
Or it gets incinerated in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, or upstate New York and turned into energy.
—Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
Two other vehicles in the convoy were incinerated and mangled, indicating multiple hits.
—Ashraf Khalil, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2024
Later, the set was recreated on a sound stage, and incinerated.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 23 Mar. 2024
Missiles and rockets have since incinerated most of his coops.
—Isabel Kershner Sergey Ponomarev, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
Their possessions, including their identification papers, had been incinerated.
—Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
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incinerate
transitive verb
in·cin·er·ate
in-ˈsin-ə-ˌrāt
incinerated; incinerating
: to cause to burn to ashes
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