Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To cause to burn to ashes.
- intransitive verb To burn completely.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To burn to ashes.
- Burnt to ashes.
- To be reduced to ashes by the burning off of organic matter.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- obsolete Reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed by fire.
- transitive verb To burn to ashes; to consume by fire; to burn.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
destroy byburning
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb become reduced to ashes
- verb cause to undergo combustion
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Till the Chair gave out "incinerate," and Brown said he'd be durned
Complete Poetical Works Bret Harte 1869
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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.
unknown title 2009
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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.
unknown title 2009
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"incinerate" the inventory of junk left over from all those URANIUM FISSION DINOSAURS!
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"incinerate" the inventory of junk left over from all those URANIUM FISSION DINOSAURS!
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"incinerate" the inventory of junk left over from all those URANIUM FISSION DINOSAURS!
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"incinerate" the inventory of junk left over from all those URANIUM FISSION DINOSAURS!
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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."
Rob Asghar: How Gandhi-Hating Kills Christianity Rob Asghar 2011
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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."
Rob Asghar: How Gandhi-Hating Kills Christianity Rob Asghar 2011
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