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 devastating blazes have killed at least 11 people and incinerated more than 12,000 structures since Tuesday, laying waste to entire neighborhoods once home to multimillion-dollar properties.
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Alex Veiga, Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2025
When its mission concludes, most of the probe will incinerate, leaving only its carbon heat shield to orbit the sun for potentially billions of years, until the very end of the solar system itself.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
The August 2023 fire in Maui similarly incinerated residential communities composed largely of older housing.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2025
The 2017 Tubbs Fire incinerated nearly 37,000 acres, marking the start of a new era of disasters for the state not unlike the one currently ravaging Los Angeles.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025
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In an unconfirmed video posted to X, a plane can be seen coming for a landing at a snowy airport before impacting, igniting and rolling onto its starboard side.—
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The highly successful show has not only ignited the careers of newcomers but also inspired a revival for veteran actors.—
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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.—
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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.—
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The administration has not provided a comprehensive list of who is subject to the firings, how many are being fired, and which positions specifically are exempt.—
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Enforcing this entails punishing or even firing staffers who violate these internal processes.—
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McNaughton attempted to track down the origin of the ashes, but the only available information indicated that the pet had been cremated at Abbey Glen, a crematorium with locations in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.—
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She was cremated, and her ashes were eventually scattered into the Aegean Sea, which was, according to the museum, her last wish.—
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Other ways to reuse the tree include: Burning the wood to ash your garden. Making firewood.—
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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.—
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Add sweet potato; cover and cook 10 minutes or until golden brown and tender, stirring occasionally.—
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Meanwhile, cooked bacon can last about four to five days when stored properly, according to the USDA.—
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“Incinerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incinerate. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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