incinerate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin incinerātus, perfect participle of incinerō (“to burn into ashes”), from cinis (“ashes”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (verb, UK) IPA(key): /ɪnˈsɪnəɹeɪt/
Audio (UK) (file)
- (adjective, UK) IPA(key): /ɪnˈsɪnəɹət/
Audio (UK) (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /ɪnˈsɪnɚeɪt/, /ɪnˈsɪnjɚeɪt/
Verb[edit]
incinerate (third-person singular simple present incinerates, present participle incinerating, simple past and past participle incinerated)
- (transitive) To destroy by burning.
Translations[edit]
destroy by burning
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Adjective[edit]
incinerate (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed.
- 1631, Francis [Bacon], “7. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] VVilliam Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], OCLC 1044372886:
- FIRE burneth wood, making it first luminous; then black and brittle; and lastly , broken and incinerate
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Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
incinerāte
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