incinerate
verb
- (cause to) burn up
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsɪnəɹət/ / /ɪnˈsɪnɚeɪt/ / /ɪnˈsɪnjɚeɪt/ / /ɪnˈsɪnəɹeɪt/
adj
Etymology: From Latin incinerātus, perfect participle of incinerō (“to burn into ashes”), from cinis (“ashes”).
- Reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed.
“FIRE burneth wood, making it first luminous; then black and brittle; and lastly , broken and incinerate”
verb
Etymology: From Latin incinerātus, perfect participle of incinerō (“to burn into ashes”), from cinis (“ashes”).
- To destroy by burning.
“His mother was incinerated in the Dresden fire-storm. So it goes.”
“A cloud of smoke from two pounds of methamphetamine seized by the FBI and incinerated inside a Montana animal shelter sent its workers to the hospital, city officials in Billings said.”
- To annihilate (not necessarily by burning).