Incinerate


[in-sin-uh-reyt] /ɪnˈsɪn əˌreɪt/

verb (used with object), incinerated, incinerating.
1.
to burn or reduce to ashes; cremate.
/ɪnˈsɪnəˌreɪt/
verb
1.
to burn up completely; reduce to ashes
v.

1550s, from Medieval Latin incineratus “reduced to ashes,” pp. of incinerare, from Latin in- “into” (see in- (2)) + cinis (genitive cineris) “ashes,” from PIE root *keni- “dust, ashes” (cf. Greek konis “dust”). Used earlier in English as a past participle adjective meaning “reduced to ashes” (early 15c.). Related: Incinerated; incinerating.

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