incinerate

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Pronunciation

/ɪnˈsɪnəɹeɪt/ (UK)

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/ɪnˈsɪnəɹeɪt/ (UK) · /ɪnˈsɪnɚeɪt/ · /ɪnˈsɪnjɚeɪt/ · /ɪnˈsɪnəɹət/ (UK)

Definition of incinerate

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

(transitive)To destroy by burning.

“His mother was incinerated in the Dresden fire-storm. So it goes.”
“A cloud of smoke from two pounds of methamphetamine seized by the FBI and incinerated inside a Montana animal shelter sent its workers to the hospital, city officials in Billings said.”

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verb

(transitive)To destroy by burning.

“His mother was incinerated in the Dresden fire-storm. So it goes.”
“A cloud of smoke from two pounds of methamphetamine seized by the FBI and incinerated inside a Montana animal shelter sent its workers to the hospital, city officials in Billings said.”
(informal)To annihilate (not necessarily by burning).

adj

(not-comparable, obsolete)Reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed.

“FIRE burneth wood, making it first luminous; then black and brittle; and lastly , broken and incinerate”

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From Latin incinerātus, perfect participle of incinerō (“to burn into ashes”), from cinis (“ashes”).

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