incinerate

incinerate
Synonyms and related words:
blow to pieces, blow up, brain, bring down, bring to ruin, burn, burn down, burn to death, burn up, condemn, confound, consume, cremate, cut down, cut to pieces, damn, deal a deathblow, deal destruction, decimate, depredate, desolate, despoil, destroy, devastate, devour, disintegrate, dissolve, drop, engorge, fell, frag, give the quietus, gobble, gobble up, gun down, gut, gut with fire, havoc, incendiarize, jugulate, lapidate, lay in ruins, lay low, lay waste, pistol, poleax, ravage, reduce to ashes, riddle, ruin, ruinate, shipwreck, shoot, shoot down, shoot to death, shotgun, silence, stab to death, stone, stone to death, strike dead, swallow up, throw into disorder, unleash destruction, unleash the hurricane, upheave, vandalize, vaporize, waste, wrack, wreak havoc, wreck

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  • Incinerate — In*cin er*ate, [LL. incineratus, p. p. of incinerare to incinerate; L. pref. in in + cinis, cineris, ashes.] Reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed by fire. [Obs.] Bacon. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Incinerate — In*cin er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Incinerated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Incinerating}.] To burn to ashes; to consume by fire; to burn. Bacon. [1913 Webster] It is the fire only that incinerates bodies. Boyle. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • incinerate — index burn, deflagrate, destroy (efface) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • incinerate — (v.) 1550s, from M.L. incineratus reduced to ashes, pp. of incinerare, from L. in into (see IN (Cf. in ) (2)) + cinis (gen. cineris) ashes, from PIE root *keni dust, ashes (Cf. Gk. konis dust ). Used earlier i …   Etymology dictionary

  • incinerate — [v] reduce to ashes blaze, burn, combust, consume, cremate, flame, ignite, light, parch, scald, scorch, set a match to, torch; concept 249 …   New thesaurus

  • incinerate — ► VERB ▪ destroy by burning. DERIVATIVES incineration noun. ORIGIN Latin incinerare burn to ashes …   English terms dictionary

  • incinerate — [in sin′ər āt΄] vt., vi. incinerated, incinerating [< ML incineratus, pp. of incinerare, to burn to ashes < L in, in, to + cinis (gen. cineris), ashes < IE * kenis < base * ken , to scratch, rub > Gr konis, dust, ashes] to burn to… …   English World dictionary

  • Incinerate — «Incinarate» Sencillo de Sonic Youth del álbum Rather Ripped Publicación 2006 Formato Sencillo en CD Género(s) Rock alternativo …   Wikipedia Español

  • incinerate — UK [ɪnˈsɪnəreɪt] / US [ɪnˈsɪnəˌreɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms incinerate : present tense I/you/we/they incinerate he/she/it incinerates present participle incinerating past tense incinerated past participle incinerated to burn something… …   English dictionary

  • incinerate — verb Incinerate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑waste …   Collocations dictionary

  • incinerate — [[t]ɪnsɪ̱nəreɪt[/t]] incinerates, incinerating, incinerated 1) VERB When authorities incinerate rubbish or waste material, they burn it completely in a special container. [V n] The government is trying to stop hospitals incinerating their own… …   English dictionary

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