incinerate
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There’s “torch,” at the high end of high intensity, when flames rise into the forest crown and incinerate everything.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026
It is promoting waste-to-energy sites that incinerate garbage and produce electricity, with 34 planned within two years.
From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026
It describes the behavior of some speculators in volatile stocks or cryptocurrencies who incinerate more of their savings after failing to cash in on big paper gains.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
“Ideally we don’t want to incinerate them because it has to be done very, very slowly. But if have to, we will,” said Bob Cappadona, who leads the company’s environmental services division.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 19, 2023
Hers were the only pair of eyes that were attempting to incinerate him.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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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
Daenerys incinerates the rooms where, years ago, Ned argued with Robert and the Small Council not to assassinate her.
From Slate ● May 17, 2019
This is the game you burn, even though it may also be the game that incinerates the team’s playoff chances.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 20, 2016
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
Earlier this week, an incinerated roe deer was seen lying on the blackened ground.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 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
The options trader known as “Captain Condor” and his acolytes experienced a wipeout last week that incinerated tens of millions of dollars and cost some investors their life savings.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 31, 2025
Counterfeit and contaminated products could be crushed by a forklift or incinerated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
This ship coidd use either wind or steam power. stood, but wooden frames and roofs had been incinerated.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
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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
On Aug. 24, 1814, invading Redcoats torched the still-unfinished Capitol building, incinerating the library’s 3,000 books and most of its government records.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025
Then, just as in her nightmares, the Mark of Athena burned across the walls, incinerating the spiders until the room was empty except for the smell of sickly sweet ashes.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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