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INCINERATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they incinerate
... he / she / it incinerates
Past simple: incinerated
-ing form: incinerating
Sense 1
Meaning:
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:
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)