verb

incinerate

ihn-SIH-nuh-rayt

verb

To destroy something completely by burning.

"The hospital incinerates medical waste on site."

"The old documents were incinerated after the case closed."

How to Use Incinerate

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishTo burn something completely, reducing it to ash.

Common pairings

incinerate waste incinerated remains

incinerated past tense, incinerates singular

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The hospital _____ medical waste on site.

From Latin incinerātus, "reduced to ashes," from cinis, "ashes" — the same root as "cinder."

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