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incinerate

[in-sin-uh-reyt] / ɪnˈsɪn əˌreɪt /


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You probably aren’t rich or well-connected enough to have a 24 year-old incinerate your savings.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

The government will invest $3.5 billion in a project to build 34 waste-to-energy sites within two years that would incinerate garbage to produce electricity, he said.

From Barron's Mar. 10, 2026

One man was caught using a blowtorch to incinerate debris in West Hills as the Kenneth fire raged above him, police said.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 6, 2025

If anyone in crypto billed themselves as the kind of actors who wouldn’t incinerate, misallocate, or steal customers’ money, it was Bankman-Fried and FTX.

From Slate Oct. 3, 2023

Would he suck out my soul and incinerate me?

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

The machine incinerates the feathers at extremely high temperatures, measuring the emitted mercury.

From Reuters Aug. 5, 2023

Then a specialist smelting firm retrieves around 90% of the metals in the phone - a process which incinerates the plastic parts.

From BBC Nov. 29, 2021

Even now, he said, he has the sort of high metabolism that incinerates calories.

From New York Times Mar. 4, 2021

Daenerys incinerates the rooms where, years ago, Ned argued with Robert and the Small Council not to assassinate her.

From Slate May 17, 2019

Springs of ancient wrath spray and fling its repressed fury , heeding not whom or what it incinerates when gravity reclaims lava?s spurts .

From NATURAE by Dom

In Japan, around 70 percent of some 820,000 tonnes of new clothes bought by consumers each year are eventually incinerated, according to an environment ministry study.

From Barron's Jun. 17, 2026

A couple who put their car in for an MOT have discovered it was incinerated when the garage was destroyed by a huge fire.

From BBC Apr. 29, 2026

In a Sierra Nevada canyon all but incinerated in the 2021 KNP Complex fire, a new forest of California’s beloved giant sequoias is now growing.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 13, 2026

For example, leveraged funds attract savers with quick short-term gains but have incinerated billions of dollars through gradual value decay tied to volatility.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 15, 2026

The moths near the anchor were incinerated in an instant.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

Flames have torn through vast swathes of forest in both countries, incinerating properties and forcing the evacuation of tens of thousands of people.

From Barron's Jul. 28, 2026

"By reusing plastic waste that is already in Hawaii, we can reduce the environmental and economic impacts of transporting waste plastics from the islands, incinerating it or dumping it in Hawaii's overflowing landfills."

From Science Daily Jun. 28, 2026

After all, the “Toy Story” franchise has had pure villains before — one of them almost got away with incinerating the toys for good!

From Salon Jun. 21, 2026

Politicians will be tempted to let inflation whittle them down instead, incinerating the value of very long-term bonds.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 12, 2026

“You can’t go around incinerating every hero. Besides, he’s brave. I like that.”

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan




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