to incinerate
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7.1
- verb
- /ɪnˈsɪnəˌreɪt/
:
incinerar
- All rodent feed and bedding was incinerated, and the facility was disinfected using a 0.1% bleach solution.
- incinerate waste
- incinerate household waste
- incinerate or compost
Right now we're already incinerating or dumping one full garbage truck.
- Right now we're already incinerating or dumping one full garbage truck.
- A grotesque barbecued pig reminded him of incinerated soldiers along scorched jungle trails.
- That's why it's very hard to completely incinerate a human body.
- So just of pure fire, pure fire, hurricane of fire, everything in that fireball is incinerated.
- Castro said Cuba might be incinerated, but socialism wins because the center of capitalism, the United States, would be destroyed.
- Just did it just incinerate him like a furnace?
Examples
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In September alone, the city incinerated almost five thousand rats.
Academic text (2000) -
"Approximately 60 percent of the solid waste in Connecticut is incinerated," he says.
Academic text (1995) -
Residual waste that cannot be recycled is ground up and then incinerated.
Academic text (2000) -
France generates about 300,000 metric tons of fly ash annually from incinerating household waste.
Academic text (2000) -
The company plans to incinerate the old documents for security reasons.
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Many people advocate for using incinerateion to reduce waste volume in landfills.
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After the fire, only ashes remained because they had been completely incinerated.
Synonyms
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1.0
To be on fire or damage something with heat
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4.2
Destroy something so nothing is left
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3.0
To destroy a building or object completely by fire
85
6.6
Remove something harmful completely, for example a disease or pest
76
6.5
To set fire to something on purpose
72
5.1
To burn a dead body until it becomes ashes
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7.5
To destroy something completely so nothing remains
60
6.9
To destroy something completely, often on purpose
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4.8
To burn something completely so it is destroyed
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3.7
To be completely destroyed by fire
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1.0
To burn something to destroy it
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7.6
To destroy something completely so nothing is left
5
9.9
To kill or destroy something, often by fire, as an offering to a god
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6.4
Completely destroyed by fire so nothing remains but burned pieces
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9.2
To destroy a place with very powerful weapons like bombs
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6.1
To burn something until only gray powder remains
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9.9
To destroy something completely, including its root
To burn something until only small pieces of burned wood or coal remain
Destroy all signs that show something happened
Antonyms
How Burnt
Surface Forms
Morphology
incinerate = in + ciner + ate
Although the word can be segmented as in- + ciner- + -ate, 'ciner-' is not a familiar standalone English base, so learners cannot reliably infer the meaning from the parts.
Etymology
Incinerate comes from a Latin word made of in- 'into' and ciner- 'ash', and is the same root as the English word cinder. So to incinerate something is to burn it until it turns 'into ash'.