Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- transitive v. To cause to burn to ashes.
- intransitive v. To burn completely.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- v. To destroy by burning
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- Reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed by fire.
- transitive v. To burn to ashes; to consume by fire; to burn.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To burn to ashes.
- Burnt to ashes.
- To be reduced to ashes by the burning off of organic matter.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- v. become reduced to ashes
- v. cause to undergo combustion
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Examples
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Till the Chair gave out "incinerate," and Brown said he'd be durned
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Neil Craigen, 32, rigged a gas pipe and an electrical plug in a bid to "incinerate" two men because they had been rude to him.
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"incinerate" the inventory of junk left over from all those URANIUM FISSION DINOSAURS!
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Privately, they concede it's ludicrous that God would incinerate those who seek divine truth according to whatever light is available to them; they leave plenty of room for Gandhi and the good Samaritan and the humble tax collector and the strong-willed Roman centurion to achieve "eternal life," whether or not they knew to "confess Jesus of Nazareth as sole lord and savior."
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In a seemingly unprovoked attack, the protoss incinerate the terran planet Chau Sara, drawing the ire of the Confederacy.
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These facilities gather and incinerate solid waste from wastewater-treatment plants all over the city.
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The take-back program, Ausiello said, gave federal authorities a chance to collect and then incinerate the drugs.
DEA Drug 'Take-Back' Nets 121 Tons Of Unwanted Prescription Meds
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We will not fall, but rise in blaze of loss and call, and fly into our births and cry inferno, aye, incinerate your lie. posted by Hal Duncan | 12: 49 AM
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Once they are all here then we can get Dick "DARTH VADER" Cheney from some undisclosed location around Washington, DC to push the little red button and incinerate this country.
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But the ominous warnings that you must obliterate, incinerate, and forget any email not intended for you don't actually mean anything, according to legal experts.
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