incinerate
verb /ɪnˈsɪnəreɪt/
/ɪnˈsɪnəreɪt/
[often passive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they incinerate | /ɪnˈsɪnəreɪt/ /ɪnˈsɪnəreɪt/ |
| he / she / it incinerates | /ɪnˈsɪnəreɪts/ /ɪnˈsɪnəreɪts/ |
| past simple incinerated | /ɪnˈsɪnəreɪtɪd/ /ɪnˈsɪnəreɪtɪd/ |
| past participle incinerated | /ɪnˈsɪnəreɪtɪd/ /ɪnˈsɪnəreɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form incinerating | /ɪnˈsɪnəreɪtɪŋ/ /ɪnˈsɪnəreɪtɪŋ/ |
- to burn something, especially waste material, until it is completely destroyed
- be incinerated Most of the waste is incinerated.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryIncinerate is used with these nouns as the object:- waste
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from medieval Latin incinerat- ‘burnt to ashes’, from the verb incinerare, from in- ‘into, towards’ + cinis, ciner- ‘ashes’.