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# incinerate

«incinerate» in Mova's school dictionary: **To burn something completely until only ashes are left…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (incinerate, incinerates, incinerated, incinerating)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To burn something completely until only ashes are left, especially rubbish or waste. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incinerate/#m1)

2) (informal) To destroy completely with great heat, as with lasers in stories. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incinerate/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In geography and science lessons on waste, rubbish is buried in landfill, recycled or incinerated; some incinerators make electricity. Hospitals incinerate used medical waste. In sci-fi stories, a laser incinerates an alien ship. Phrases: incinerate waste, incinerated rubbish, incinerator.

### examples

- The town incinerates its rubbish to make electricity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incinerate/#x1)
- Hospitals incinerate used needles safely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incinerate/#x2)
- The meteor was incinerated as it fell through the atmosphere. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incinerate/#x3)
- In the film, the dragon incinerated the castle gates. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incinerate/#x4)
- Burning plastic at home is dangerous; it should not be incinerated in a garden fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incinerate/#x5)
- Garden waste is often composted rather than incinerated. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incinerate/#x6)

### note

Noun «incineration»; machine: «incinerator». Stronger than «burn»: it means burnt completely to ash. Pronounced in-SIN-uh-rate.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «incinerate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incinerate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.