incinerate
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
- incineration noun
- unincinerated adjective
Etymology
Origin of incinerate
1545–55; < Medieval Latin incinerātus (past participle of incinerāre ) < Latin in- in- 2 + ciner- (stem of cinis ) ashes + -ātus -ate 1
Example Sentences
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Other residents lost more than just their cars, as their businesses were incinerated down to the cement, including a motorcycle store in the southern La Vena neighborhood.
From Barron's
It is promoting waste-to-energy sites that incinerate garbage and produce electricity, with 34 planned within two years.
From Barron's
Politicians will be tempted to let inflation whittle them down instead, incinerating the value of very long-term bonds.
The canisters, which can explode when heated or crushed, are damaging furnaces in energy recovery facilities, where treated waste is incinerated and converted into energy.
From BBC
It describes the behavior of some speculators in volatile stocks or cryptocurrencies who incinerate more of their savings after failing to cash in on big paper gains.
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