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
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
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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