Incinerate
/ɪnˈsɪnəɹeɪt/ adj, verb, slang
adj, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To destroy by burning. transitive
"His mother was incinerated in the Dresden fire-storm. So it goes."
- 2 cause to undergo combustion wordnet
- 3 To annihilate (not necessarily by burning). informal
- 4 become reduced to ashes wordnet
Adjective
- 1 Reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed. not-comparable, obsolete
"FIRE burneth wood, making it first luminous; then black and brittle; and lastly , broken and incinerate"
Example
More examples"Fadil wanted to incinerate Layla's body."
Etymology
From Latin incinerātus, perfect participle of incinerō (“to burn into ashes”), from cinis (“ashes”).