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 film uncovers evidence that priests impregnated some girls at the school and after the girls gave birth, incinerated their babies.
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Matthew Carey, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2024
One City’s Secret to Happiness: The Annual Burning of a 50-Foot Effigy
Every year, Santa Fe incinerates a giant puppet of Zozobra — a ritual meant to purge anxiety and promote a reset.
—Kim Tingley Caity Weaver Sterry Butcher Lulu Garcia-Navarro Kwame Anthony Appiah Kwame Anthony Appiah Yotam Ottolenghi Elizabeth Nelson Andrew Willett John Hodgman, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2024
Larger components such as thrusters, pressure vessels, batteries and reaction wheels fail to fully incinerate.
—Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2024
Think about what happens when plastic is incinerated — the burning releases pollutants like microplastics.
—Sophia Perez, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2024
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Matthew Carey, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2024
One City’s Secret to Happiness: The Annual Burning of a 50-Foot Effigy
Every year, Santa Fe incinerates a giant puppet of Zozobra — a ritual meant to purge anxiety and promote a reset.
—Kim Tingley Caity Weaver Sterry Butcher Lulu Garcia-Navarro Kwame Anthony Appiah Kwame Anthony Appiah Yotam Ottolenghi Elizabeth Nelson Andrew Willett John Hodgman, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2024
Larger components such as thrusters, pressure vessels, batteries and reaction wheels fail to fully incinerate.
—Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2024
Think about what happens when plastic is incinerated — the burning releases pollutants like microplastics.
—Sophia Perez, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incinerate
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Mangione's arrest ignited widespread interest online, with users diving deep into his digital footprint.Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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The platform many trusted to empower everyday investors appeared to side with institutional players, shattering confidence and igniting backlash.Dean DeBiase, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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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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With the casting news, which Variety first reported, Gooding becomes the first star of the new era of the long-running horror films to sign on after the studio fired the rebooted franchise's lead star, Melissa Barrera, over sharing posts on social media about the Israel-Palestine conflict.Lauren Huff, EW.com, 17 Dec. 2024
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To retaliate, Iran launched a direct attack on Israel on October 1, firing 181 ballistic missiles.Amos Yadlin, Foreign Affairs, 17 Dec. 2024
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For the next six months, as some family members were writing to the Health Science Center asking when their relatives’ remains would finally be returned, Nassiri repeatedly failed to cremate the bodies and ship the ashes as promised, emails show.Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 11 Dec. 2024
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His body went unclaimed, and he was subsequently cremated.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 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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For charcoal, ignite a large chimney of coals, let burn until lightly ashed over, then distribute the coals evenly over one side of the grill bed; open the bottom grill vents.Christopher Kimball, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2023
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With the pan about six inches from the source of heat, cook the meatballs until browned.Nicole Hopper, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2024
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The agency also states to cook poultry, eggs and beef to a safe internal temperature in order to kill bacteria and viruses.Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 7 Dec. 2024
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“Incinerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incinerate. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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