Incinerate

//ɪnˈsɪnəɹeɪt//

Synonyms for "incinerate" (85 found)

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Closest matches (17)

Verb(8 words)

burn forsweal burn away burn down burn to a crisp burn up char up cinder

burn blow to pieces blow up brain bring down bring to ruin burn down burn to death burn up

Strong matches (26)

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

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fell frag give the quietus go up in smoke

Verb(2 words)

cremate forburn

Related words (42)

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

5 entries

burn down burn up change integrity destroy go up

Synonyms

1 entries

burn

Related terms

5 entries

combust end in smoke go up in flames go up in smoke kindle

derived

4 entries

incinerable incineration incinerator microincinerate

manner of

1 entries

burn down

related to

2 entries

burning destroy

similar

3 entries

burn burn down fire

Translations

36 translations across 23 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

ἀποτεφρόω verb (destroy by burning)

Bulgarian

3 entries

изгарям verb (destroy by burning)
изпепелявам verb (destroy by burning)
кремирам verb (destroy by burning)

Catalan

1 entries

incinerar verb (destroy by burning)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

焚化 verb (destroy by burning)
燃燒 /燃烧 verb (destroy by burning)

Dutch

1 entries

verbranden verb (destroy by burning)

Finnish

2 entries

polttaa verb (destroy by burning)
tuhkata verb (destroy by burning)

French

1 entries

incinérer verb (destroy by burning)

German

1 entries

verbrennen verb (destroy by burning)

Greek

1 entries

αποτεφρώνω verb (destroy by burning)

Hungarian

1 entries

eléget verb (destroy by burning)

Japanese

2 entries

焼却する verb (destroy by burning)
燃やす verb (destroy by burning)

Korean

2 entries

소각(燒却)하다 verb (destroy by burning)
태우다 verb (destroy by burning)

Malay

1 entries

menunu verb (destroy by burning)

Māori

1 entries

tūmata verb (destroy by burning)

Polish

4 entries

spalać verb (destroy by burning)
spalić verb (destroy by burning)
spopielać verb (destroy by burning)
spopielić verb (destroy by burning)

Portuguese

1 entries

incinerar verb (destroy by burning)

Russian

4 entries

испепели́ть verb (destroy by burning)
испепеля́ть verb (destroy by burning)
креми́ровать verb (destroy by burning)
сжечь verb (destroy by burning)

Spanish

1 entries

incinerar verb (destroy by burning)

Swedish

1 entries

förbränna verb (destroy by burning)

Turkish

1 entries

yakmak verb (destroy by burning)

Ukrainian

1 entries

згоряти verb (destroy by burning)

Vietnamese

1 entries

thiêu verb (destroy by burning)

Yiddish

1 entries

פֿאַרברענען verb (destroy by burning)

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

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Fadil wanted to incinerate Layla's body.

Source: tatoeba (5895478)

Sami wanted to incinerate Layla's body.

Source: tatoeba (6378513)

His mother was incinerated in the Dresden fire-storm. So it goes.

Source: wiktionary

A cloud of smoke from two pounds of methamphetamine seized by the FBI and incinerated inside a Montana animal shelter sent its workers to the hospital, city officials in Billings said.

Source: wiktionary

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