incinerate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb become reduced to ashes
    • The paper incinerated quickly
  2. verb cause to undergo combustion
    burn.
    • burn garbage
    • The car burns only Diesel oil

WordNet

In*cin"er*ate
Etymology
LL. incineratus, p. p. of incinerare to incinerate; L. pref. in- in + cinis, cineris, ashes.
Definitions
  1. Reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed. Obs. Bacon.
In*cin"er*ate transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Incinerated ; present participle & verbal noun Incinerating
Definitions
  1. To burn to ashes; to consume; to burn. Bacon.
    It is the fire only that incinerates bodies. Boyle.

Webster 1913