INCINERATE

burn, incinerate

(verb) cause to undergo combustion; “burn garbage”; “The car burns only Diesel oil”

incinerate

(verb) become reduced to ashes; “The paper incinerated quickly”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

incinerate (third-person singular simple present incinerates, present participle incinerating, simple past and past participle incinerated)

(transitive) to destroy by burning

Adjective

incinerate (not comparable)

(obsolete) Reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed.

Anagrams

• cantinière, creatinine, itinerance

Source: Wiktionary

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In*cin"er*ate, Etym: [LL. incineratus, p. p. of incinerare to incinerate; L. pref. in- in + cinis, cineris, ashes.]

Definition: Reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed. [Obs.] Bacon.

In*cin"er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incinerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Incinerating.]

Definition: To burn to ashes; to consume; to burn. Bacon. It is the fire only that incinerates bodies. Boyle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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