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incinerate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb incinerate has 2 senses
- incinerate(v = verb.change) Array - become reduced to ashes; "The paper incinerated quickly" is one way to burn down, burn up, go up
- incinerate(v = verb.change) burn - cause to undergo combustion; "burn garbage"; "The car burns only Diesel oil" is one way to change integrity
Derived form noun incineration1
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
Derived forms noun incineration1, noun incinerator1
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
incinerate, [LL. incineratus, p. p. of incinerare to incinerate; L. pref. in- in + cinis, cineris, ashes.].
Reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed by fire. Bacon. [1913 Webster]
incinerate, v. t.
To burn to ashes; to consume by fire; to burn. Bacon. [1913 Webster]
"It is the fire only that incinerates bodies."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
incinerate, v.tr.
1 consume (a body etc.) by fire.
2 reduce to ashes.
1 consume (a body etc.) by fire.
2 reduce to ashes.
Derivative
incineration n.
Etymology
med.L incinerare (as IN-(2), cinis -eris ashes)
THESAURUS
incinerate
blow to pieces, blow up, brain, bring down, bring to ruin, burn, burn down, burn to death, burn up, condemn, confound, consume, cremate, cut down, cut to pieces, damn, deal a deathblow, deal destruction, decimate, depredate, desolate, despoil, destroy, devastate, devour, disintegrate, dissolve, drop, engorge, fell, frag, give the quietus, gobble, gobble up, gun down, gut, gut with fire, havoc, incendiarize, jugulate, lapidate, lay in ruins, lay low, lay waste, pistol, poleax, ravage, reduce to ashes, riddle, ruin, ruinate, shipwreck, shoot, shoot down, shoot to death, shotgun, silence, stab to death, stone, stone to death, strike dead, swallow up, throw into disorder, unleash destruction, unleash the hurricane, upheave, vandalize, vaporize, waste, wrack, wreak havoc, wreckROGET THESAURUS
incinerate
Calefaction
VB heat, warm, chafe, stive, foment, make hot, sun oneself, sunbathe, go up in flames, burn to the ground (flame), fire, set fire to, set on fire, kindle, enkindle, light, ignite, strike a light, apply the match to, apply the torch to, rekindle, relume, fan the flame, add fuel to the flame, poke the fire, stir the fire, blow the fire, make a bonfire of, melt, thaw, fuse, liquefy, burn, inflame, roast, toast, fry, grill, singe, parch, bake, torrefy, scorch, brand, cauterize, sear, burn in, corrode, char, calcine, incinerate, smelt, scorify, reduce to ashes, burn to a cinder, commit to the flames, consign to the flames, boil, digest, stew, cook, seethe, scald, parboil, simmer, do to rags, take fire, catch fire, blaze.
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