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Definition of Incinerate

1. Verb. Become reduced to ashes. "The paper incinerated quickly"

2. Verb. Cause to undergo combustion. "The car burns only Diesel oil"

Definition of Incinerate

1. v. t. To burn to ashes; to consume; to burn.

Definition of Incinerate

1. Verb. To destroy by burning ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Incinerate

1. [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Incinerate

incidental colour incidental expense incidental expenses incidental learning incidental music incidental parasite incidental to(p) incidentally incidentaloma incidentalome

incidentals incidently incidents incienso incinerable incinerate (current term) incinerated incinerates incinerating incineration

incinerations incinerator incinerators incipience incipiences incipiencies incipiency incipient incipient caries

Literary usage of Incinerate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Standards and Tests for Reagent Chemicals by Benjamin Lindley Murray (1920)
"Filter through the same paper, wash the paper with a little water, incinerate it and ignite and weigh any precipitate it may contain. ..."

2. A Practical Dictionary of the English and German Languages by Felix Flügel, Johann Gottfried Flügel (1861)
"Client, to calcine, incinerate. ein'afd)erung, (10.) /. the act of burning to ashes, &c. ; Chem. incineration. Gm'a"fb.men, (w. ..."

3. Official Methods of Analysis (1920)
"incinerate; the loss in weight represents the carbonaceous material; the residue is sand. Confirm by microscopic examination. Determine the soluble silica ..."

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