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to incinerate

to incinerate

8 7.4
To burn until it turns to ash
  • verb
  • /ɪnˈsɪnəˌreɪt/
translation icon : incinerarse
  • Sewage sludge, which is incinerated, is regulated by an NSPS under the CAA and by regulations under the Clean Water Act (CWA).

Addiction dies untreated when you're buried or you're incinerated, nothing less.

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Examples

  • The chickens ate the ballots, and then the chickens were incinerated, reduced to dust like so much refuse.

  • Then in the great mine disaster of 1874, the animal was incinerated.

    Godmonster of Indian Flats (1973)

  • Stop or you will be incinerated!

    Heartbeeps (1981)

  • Between 30 and 40 percent will be incinerated.

    Academic text (1998)

  • This whole valley's gonna be incinerated in 15 minutes.

    Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)

  • Nearly a million people incinerated, in the blink of an eye by the artificial intelligence created to protect us.

    The Creator (2023)

  • If we don't get power or shields back online, we're gonna be incinerated on re-entry!

    Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)

  • Currently, only around eight percent of UK MSW is incinerated; a further eight percent is recycled, and landfilling accounts for the rest.

    Academic text (1998)

  • In 1992, to provide a perspective of how things are changing, 61 percent of biosolids were incinerated and about 22 percent were composted.

    Academic text (1998)

  • The house was completely incinerated in the fire, leaving nothing but ashes.

Synonyms

to burn down
vsto incinerate
121 3.0

To destroy a building or object completely by fire

focuses on reduction to ash rather than damage to structure or ruins
to obliterate
vsto incinerate
71 7.5

To destroy something completely so nothing remains

specifies destruction specifically by high heat into ash rather than general removal
to scorch
vsto incinerate
31 4.8

To burn something completely so it is destroyed

emphasizes actual reduction to ashes rather than figurative or general destruction
to burn up
vsto incinerate
27 3.7

To be completely destroyed by fire

is reduced to ashes stressing total conversion rather than vague destruction
to burn away
vsto incinerate
6 3.2

Become used up by fire or slowly disappear over time from heat and light

involves reduction to ashes completely rather than a slow gradual disappearance
to immolate
vsto incinerate
  • NSFW
5 9.9

To kill or destroy something, often by fire, as an offering to a god

is about reduction to ashes without sacrificial or ritual meaning

Antonyms

to survive
∞ 2.7

Continue to exist after a dangerous or difficult event

How Burnt

to incinerate
8 7.4
to burn
∞ 1.0
to scorch
20 3.5
singe
1 5.3

Surface Forms

incinerate infinitive
incinerated past
incinerated past participle
incinerating present participle
incinerates third person singular

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 Latin parts in- 'into' and ciner- 'ash', the same root as the English word cinder. That's why when something incinerates it is burned down and becomes 'ashes'.