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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Incinerate

/ĭnˌ-sĭn'-ẽr-ātˌ/ · In·cin·er·ate · IPA /ɪnˈsɪnəɹeɪt/
01 Reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed by fire.
  1. 1.
    Reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed by fire.[Obs.]
02 v. t. To burn to ashes; to consume by fire; to burn.
imp. & p. p. Incinerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Incinerating
  1. 1.
    To burn to ashes; to consume by fire; to burn.
    “It is the fire only that incinerates bodies.” Boyle.