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incinerateincinerate /ɪnˈsɪnəˌreɪt/ verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYincinerateOrigin: 1400-1500 Medieval Latin, past participle of incinerare, from Latin cinis ashes VERB TABLEincinerate |
| Present | I, you, we, they | incinerate | | he, she, it | incinerates | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | incinerated | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have incinerated | | he, she, it | has incinerated | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had incinerated | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will incinerate | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have incinerated |
THESAURUSproduce flames/heat► burn to produce heat and flames: The fire in the hills has been burning for a week. Some pine logs were burning in the fireplace. ► catch fire to start burning: The curtains caught fire, and suddenly the whole room was burning. ► burst into flames to quickly catch fire: When the match hit the gasoline, it burst into flames. ► light to make a fire, cigarette, or candle start to burn: Can you light the candles on the dining table? ► set fire to something to make something burn in order to destroy it: A protester set fire to a car parked nearby. ► ignite formal to start burning, or make something start burning: The spark ignited the gasoline. When the gasoline ignites, it burns quickly. ► be on fire to be burning and being damaged: The house across the street was on fire, so I called 911. ► be in flames to be burning – used especially in writing: When the fire trucks arrived, the whole building was in flames. ► blaze to burn brightly with a lot of flames and heat – used especially in writing: A big log fire was blazing in the fireplace. ► flare (also flare up) to suddenly begin to burn, or burn more brightly for a short time: He lit a match, which flared briefly. ► smolder to burn slowly with smoke but no flames: The camp fire was still smoldering the next morning. ► scorch to burn the surface of something and make a dark mark on it: The candle burned all the way down and scorched the table. ► incinerate to completely destroy something using fire: Some of the garbage is incinerated after it has been collected. ► cremate to burn the body of a dead person after a funeral: My grandmother wanted to be cremated when she died. to burn something completely so that it is destroyed: Infected animals are killed and incinerated.► see thesaurus at burn1—incineration /ɪnˌsɪnəˈreɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] |