as in igniting
to burn (something) completely
The waste is incinerated in a large furnace.
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Recent Examples of incinerating
Palm trees kept incinerating, and the fire seemed to be falling like rain.
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Literary Hub, 8 Jan. 2026
This contains a very small sink, a shower, and a choice between a flushing, composting, or incinerating toilet.
—New Atlas, 16 Nov. 2025
But that decision has been thwarted by regulations in Flanders, Belgium, which has a ban on incinerating reusable medical devices.
—Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
There's even an incinerating toilet to handle waste.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2025
The blast unleashed a whirlwind of fire and force, incinerating thousands of people.
—Mai Nishiyama, NBC news, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incinerating
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Miley Cyrus After winning the first two Grammys of her nearly 20-year-career in February and igniting the ceremony with the most spirited performance of the night, Cyrus seemed destined to become a permanent fixture on the nominations chart.—
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Advertisement Far from igniting a baby boom, the White House plan will only slightly decrease costs and fail people who most need IVF to grow their families.—
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The prescribed fire has been burning on federal land managed by the United States Forest Service for four days.—
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The company built a retail and residential complex around the county’s Coconut Grove Metrorail station, and Martin also is pitching an incinerator site in western Miami-Dade as an alternative to the Levine Cava plan to rebuild the trash-burning facility in Doral.—
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In video footage released about a month after the shooting, the police department said officers first encountered Cortez after responding to a 911 caller who stated a man was firing a gun and pointing the weapon at people.—
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Security forces confronted protesters in several cities and towns, firing tear gas.—
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“Incinerating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incinerating. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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