incinerateverb [ T ]
uk/ɪnˈsɪn.ər.eɪt/us/ɪnˈsɪn.ə.reɪt/to burn something completely:
to incinerate waste
The spacecraft and its crew were incinerated by the billion-degree temperatures generated by the fireball.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Burning, burnt & on fire
- aflame
- alight
- burned out
- burnt
- burnt out
- burst
- char
- flame
- flammable
- forest fire
- frazzled
- go up in flames idiom
- inextinguishable
- lighted
- scald
- sear
- singe
- smoke
- smolder
- spontaneous combustion
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incineration
noun [ U ] uk/ɪnˌsɪn.ərˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ɪnˌsɪn.əˈreɪ.ʃən/