incinerate
verb
in·cin·er·ate
in-ˈsi-nə-ˌrāt 
incinerated; incinerating
: to cause to burn to ashes
Examples of incinerate in a Sentence
The waste is incinerated in a large furnace.
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If a plant does not meet the state’s quarantine regulations, it may be either returned to the person outside of California, surrendered to staff who safely discard or incinerate the violating plant at the station, or held until the person leaves California, Levy said.
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Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 8 Feb. 2025
In fact, fire is essential to the germination of its seeds so that if their viability expires and then a fire comes along and incinerates mature plants of this species, that could spell this species’ extinction in the area where the fire occurred.
—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 8 Feb. 2025
Hawaii authorities have said existing laws are difficult to enforce, in part because the evidence is often incinerated when fireworks are lit.
—Audrey McAvoy The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 1 Feb. 2025
All of the items collected in the airy warehouse in the Boyle Heights neighborhood were free to teenagers whose homes had been incinerated in the city’s devastating wildfires.
—Callie Holtermann, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
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Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 8 Feb. 2025
In fact, fire is essential to the germination of its seeds so that if their viability expires and then a fire comes along and incinerates mature plants of this species, that could spell this species’ extinction in the area where the fire occurred.
—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 8 Feb. 2025
Hawaii authorities have said existing laws are difficult to enforce, in part because the evidence is often incinerated when fireworks are lit.
—Audrey McAvoy The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 1 Feb. 2025
All of the items collected in the airy warehouse in the Boyle Heights neighborhood were free to teenagers whose homes had been incinerated in the city’s devastating wildfires.
—Callie Holtermann, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Incinerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incinerate. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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incinerate
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in·cin·er·ate
in-ˈsin-ə-ˌrāt
incinerated; incinerating
: to cause to burn to ashes
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