Found 2 items, similar to INCINERATE.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: incinerate
incinerate
v 1: become reduced to ashes;
“The paper incinerated quickly”
2: cause to undergo combustion;
“burn garbage”;
“The car burns
only Diesel oil” [syn:
burn]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Incinerate
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]
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.
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It is the fire only that incinerates bodies. --Boyle.
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