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Etymology

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From Latin incinerātus, perfect participle of incinerō (to burn into ashes), from cinis (ashes).

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incinerate (third-person singular simple present incinerates, present participle incinerating, simple past and past participle incinerated)

  1. (transitive) To destroy by burning.

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incinerate (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed.
    • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “VII. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. [], London: [] William Rawley []; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee [], →OCLC:
      FIRE burneth wood, making it first luminous; then black and brittle; and lastly , broken and incinerate

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Latin

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incinerāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of incinerō

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incinerate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of incinerar combined with te