as in ignites
to burn (something) completely
The waste is incinerated in a large furnace.
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Recent Examples of incinerates
In Death by Lightning, his performance as Charles Guiteau incinerates any attempt to categorize the presidential assassin.
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Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
No, the King of the Monsters unleashes his fiery breath on the man and incinerates him instead.
—Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
No, the King of the Monsters unleashes his fiery breath on the man and incinerates him instead.
—Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incinerates
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But when Tiffany gets pregnant with her first child and Carolyn simultaneously sells an essay to The New Yorker, mutual jealousy ignites.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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The pilot light is a small flame that ignites the burner to heat the water in the tank.—
Katie Cloyd,
Martha Stewart,
21 Apr. 2026
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The bathroom is situated next to the kitchen and is notable for having an incinerating toilet – as its name implies, this burns waste to ash.—
Adam Williams
April 23,
New Atlas,
23 Apr. 2026
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The facility is positioned as a potential model for decarbonizing aviation, which burns roughly 100 billion gallons of jet fuel per year globally.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Apr. 2026
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Since the city adopted the video release policy more than a decade ago, experience has repeatedly demonstrated the fallacy of limiting inquiry to the precise moment when a police officer fires their gun.—
Jamie Kalven,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Garcia is opening his car door at that very moment, and fires nine shots at Denis with his 9 mm Glock pistol as Denis speeds toward and past him.—
Brittany Wallman,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Incinerates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incinerates. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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