as in to ignite
to burn (something) completely
The waste is incinerated in a large furnace.
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Recent Examples of incinerate
As the properties burned, materials such as carpeting, furniture and rubber tires were also incinerated.
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Aria Bendix, NBC News, 14 Jan. 2025
There was the Marshall Fire near Denver, which three years ago snaked down a hill, growing from a grass fire into the most destructive blaze in Colorado's history, incinerating more than 1,000 suburban homes.
—Tom Hanson, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2025
As Christmas trees were incinerated in a giant bonfire in Ogden Dunes, Daina Lattimer and her daughter Vaiva Lattimer, 11, watched.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2025
The American Meteor Society has received at least 120 reports of the fireball created by the incinerating satellite.
—Eric MacK, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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Aria Bendix, NBC News, 14 Jan. 2025
There was the Marshall Fire near Denver, which three years ago snaked down a hill, growing from a grass fire into the most destructive blaze in Colorado's history, incinerating more than 1,000 suburban homes.
—Tom Hanson, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2025
As Christmas trees were incinerated in a giant bonfire in Ogden Dunes, Daina Lattimer and her daughter Vaiva Lattimer, 11, watched.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2025
The American Meteor Society has received at least 120 reports of the fireball created by the incinerating satellite.
—Eric MacK, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incinerate
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Garland, of all people, jabbed at Calvin Pickard when the Oilers goalie had the puck covered midway through the second period, which ignited a scrum behind the net.—
Daniel Nugent-Bowman,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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When water ran low during the Marshall fire in Colorado, which ignited in late 2021, officials rushed untreated lake water through the system to keep supplies up, researchers found.—
Mitch Smith,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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The pair, who met as college undergrads, both burned with idealism and recognized their privilege could be leveraged for a game-changing idea.—
Carole Horst,
Variety,
13 Sep. 2023
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The Ellen MacArthur Foundation promotes circular fashion and says that, in the United States, an amount of clothing equal to a garbage truck is ferried to landfills or burned every second.—
Neeti Mehra,
Treehugger,
13 Sep. 2023
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To do that, the New Shepard capsule will fire its reaction control system thrusters to spin up to about 11 revolutions per minute.—
Tariq Malik,
Space.com,
28 Jan. 2025
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The departments that saw their inspector general fired include the Defense Department, State Department, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of Labor.—
Ross O'Keefe,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
28 Jan. 2025
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Rivero understood his son’s trepidation, having experienced the trauma of cremating his own father nearly 20 years earlier.—
Collin Blinder,
The Mercury News,
28 Jan. 2025
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The Health Science Center’s contracts with Dallas and Tarrant counties — which supplied it with unclaimed bodies — stipulated that human remains were to be cremated when the program was finished with them.—
Mike Hixenbaugh,
NBC News,
15 Nov. 2024
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Other ways to reuse the tree include: Burning the wood to ash your garden. Making firewood.—
Kaycee Sloan,
The Enquirer,
23 Dec. 2024
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Elsewhere in the Kardashian multiverse, Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet went public with their relationship, kissing and cuddling in the VIP section with Chalamet ashing cigarettes into the crowd … have some more respect for both the artistry and Diana Ross’s lungs.—
Vulture,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2023
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The rind will soften and impart its flavor as the dish slowly cooks.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
18 Jan. 2025
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Christine cooks on Sundays with her own menu that’s only 220 euros (about $227) a head.—
Camille Knight,
CNN,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Incinerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incinerate. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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