Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Reducing to cinders.

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  • verb Present participle of cinder.

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Examples

  • Passion flared, cindering any reservations she might have had, any last-minute hesitations.

    Hero Come Back Laurens, Stephanie 2005

  • Impressive numbers of the futuristic weapons were deployed on all fronts, cindering all forces who dared oppose the French.

    Asimov's Science Fiction 2004

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