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INCINERATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to undergo combustion

Example:

The car burns only Diesel oil

Synonyms:

burn; incinerate

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "incinerate" is one way to...):

change integrity (change in physical make-up)

Verb group:

incinerate (become reduced to ashes)

burn; burn down; fire (destroy by fire)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

incineration (the act of burning something completely; reducing it to ashes)

incinerator (a furnace for incinerating (especially to dispose of refuse))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Become reduced to ashes

Example:

The paper incinerated quickly

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "incinerate" is one way to...):

burn down; burn up; go up (burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire)

Verb group:

burn; incinerate (cause to undergo combustion)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

incineration (the act of burning something completely; reducing it to ashes)

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