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INCINERATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of burning something completely; reducing it to ashes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("incineration" is a kind of...):

burning; combustion (the act of burning something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "incineration"):

cremation (the incineration of a dead body)

Derivation:

incinerate (cause to undergo combustion)

incinerate (become reduced to ashes)

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