incinerate
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incinerate
- /ɪnˈsɪnəɹeɪt/ UK
- /ɪnˈsɪnɚeɪt/ US
- /ɪnˈsɪnjɚeɪt/ US
- /ɪnˈsɪnəɹət/ UK
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From Latin incinerātus, perfect participle of incinerō (“to burn into ashes”), from cinis (“ashes”).
verb incinerates · incinerating · incinerated
- To destroy by burning. His mother was incinerated in the Dresden fire-storm. So it goes.
- To annihilate (not necessarily by burning).
Similar: burn, burn away, burn down, burn up, burn to a crisp, char up, cinder, combure, combust, cremate, forburn, forsweal, incinerate, scathe, torch · Opposite: extinguish, salvage, save
adjective
- Reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed. FIRE burneth wood, making it first luminous; then black and brittle; and lastly , broken and incinerate
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verb destroy by burning
| Español | incinerar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 소각(燒却)하다 sogakhada, 태우다 tae'uda |
| 日本語 | 焼却する shōkyaku suru, 燃やす moyasu |
| 中文 | 焚化 fénhuà, 燃燒 /燃烧 ránshāo |
| Português | incinerar |
| Français | incinérer |
| Deutsch | verbrennen, niederbrennen |
| Ελληνικά | αποτεφρώνω apotefróno |
| Русский | сжига́ть sžigátʹ, сжечь sžečʹ, креми́ровать kremírovatʹ, испепеля́ть ispepeljátʹ, испепели́ть ispepelítʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | thiêu |
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title = {incinerate},
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