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# incinerate

verb (incinerate, incinerates, incinerated, incinerating)

«incinerate» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To burn something completely until only ashes are left, especially rubbish or waste. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incinerate/#m1)
2. (informal) To destroy completely with great heat, as with lasers in stories. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incinerate/#m2)

### In the lessons

In geography and science lessons on waste, rubbish is buried in landfill, recycled or incinerated; some incinerators make electricity. Hospitals incinerate used medical waste. In sci-fi stories, a laser incinerates an alien ship. Phrases: incinerate waste, incinerated rubbish, incinerator.

### Examples

- The town incinerates its rubbish to make electricity. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incinerate/#x1)
- Hospitals incinerate used needles safely. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incinerate/#x2)
- The meteor was incinerated as it fell through the atmosphere. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incinerate/#x3)
- In the film, the dragon incinerated the castle gates. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incinerate/#x4)
- Burning plastic at home is dangerous; it should not be incinerated in a garden fire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incinerate/#x5)
- Garden waste is often composted rather than incinerated. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incinerate/#x6)

### Note

Noun «incineration»; machine: «incinerator». Stronger than «burn»: it means burnt completely to ash. Pronounced in-SIN-uh-rate.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «incinerate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incinerate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«incinerate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/incinerate.html) on Mova free.