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incinerate
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
(context obsolete English) Reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed. v (context transitive English) to destroy by burning
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1550s, from Medieval Latin incineratus "reduced to ashes," pp. of incinerare , from Latin in- "into" (see in- (2)) + cinis (genitive cineris ) "ashes," from PIE root *keni- "dust, ashes" (cognates: Greek konis "dust"). Used earlier in English as a past ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Incinerate is the seventh full-length album by the German thrash metal / death metal band Dew-Scented . This was Uwe Werning's last album with the band.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Incinerate \In*cin"er*ate\, [LL. incineratus, p. p. of incinerare to incinerate; L. pref. in- in + cinis, cineris, ashes.] Reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed by fire. [Obs.] --Bacon.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. become reduced to ashes; "The paper incinerated quickly" cause to undergo combustion; "burn garbage"; "The car burns only Diesel oil" [syn: burn ]
Usage examples of incinerate.
And a 1200-degree Celsius autoclave for incinerating contaminated equipment and rotting specimens.
Furtively, she inspected the homeostatic control box of the tractor, and picked at the frayed, partially incinerated insulation of one of its power cables.
Neither of them mentioned Magnitogorsk, which had ceased to exist shortly after Saratov was incinerated.
Weak but determined, Jinan let her broken arm hang at her side as she went to Ritsu and incinerated the demons that were attacking him.
In the ceaseless moaning of the wind, I could hear something of the shrill cries of the goblin freaks in that cage before I had shot and then incinerated them.
From the chalice came brief flashes and puffs of smoke, as the spittal was incinerated.
As soon as the zombies got dragons aloft they would be incinerated in turn by dragon fire from the skies.
Alex and Evgenia had been heard from last in Aureum Overlook, a rebel bastion that had destroyed a number of orbiting UN ships before being incinerated by missile fire from Phobos.
Jenkins should have bided his time and chosen his chance for making his dash, but perhaps he had been too dazed: or perhaps the only alternative he'd had was between running and being killed, and staying and being incinerated.
Less than an hour later Calot would be incinerated beneath a wave of blue fire, and ravens would be answering Tattersail's despairing scream.
Aluteyn Craftsmaster and a rabble of craven knights floated to safety aboard the vessel in which they were to have been incinerated.
Sunlight would cut down on the risk as well, since Red Court vampires got incinerated by it—and I doubted these Denarian fruitcakes would get along with it either.
Lyons sprayed a blast of steel shot, then a bag fell from the sky, av-gas bursting in front of the fascists, a whoosh of petroflame instantly incinerating the men in the open jeep.
The writhing stream of energy cut a swath through the stunned crowd, incinerating everyone it touched.
The stench of incinerated flesh and burnt diesel fuel was dreadful.