incinerate

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: in=cin=er=ate

CIDE DICTIONARY

incinerate,  [LL. incineratus, p. p. of incinerare to incinerate; L. pref. in- in + cinis, cineris, ashes.].

 Reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed by fire.  Bacon.  [1913 Webster]

incinerate, v. t. 

 To burn to ashes; to consume by fire; to burn.  Bacon.  [1913 Webster]
"It is the fire only that incinerates bodies."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

incinerate, v.tr.
1 consume (a body etc.) by fire.
2 reduce to ashes.

Derivative

incineration n.

Etymology

med.L incinerare (as IN-(2), cinis -eris ashes)

THESAURUS

incinerate

blow to pieces, blow up, brain, bring down, bring to ruin, burn, burn down, burn to death, burn up, condemn, confound, consume, cremate, cut down, cut to pieces, damn, deal a deathblow, deal destruction, decimate, depredate, desolate, despoil, destroy, devastate, devour, disintegrate, dissolve, drop, engorge, fell, frag, give the quietus, gobble, gobble up, gun down, gut, gut with fire, havoc, incendiarize, jugulate, lapidate, lay in ruins, lay low, lay waste, pistol, poleax, ravage, reduce to ashes, riddle, ruin, ruinate, shipwreck, shoot, shoot down, shoot to death, shotgun, silence, stab to death, stone, stone to death, strike dead, swallow up, throw into disorder, unleash destruction, unleash the hurricane, upheave, vandalize, vaporize, waste, wrack, wreak havoc, wreck

ROGET THESAURUS

incinerate

Calefaction

VB heat, warm, chafe, stive, foment, make hot, sun oneself, sunbathe, go up in flames, burn to the ground (flame), fire, set fire to, set on fire, kindle, enkindle, light, ignite, strike a light, apply the match to, apply the torch to, rekindle, relume, fan the flame, add fuel to the flame, poke the fire, stir the fire, blow the fire, make a bonfire of, melt, thaw, fuse, liquefy, burn, inflame, roast, toast, fry, grill, singe, parch, bake, torrefy, scorch, brand, cauterize, sear, burn in, corrode, char, calcine, incinerate, smelt, scorify, reduce to ashes, burn to a cinder, commit to the flames, consign to the flames, boil, digest, stew, cook, seethe, scald, parboil, simmer, do to rags, take fire, catch fire, blaze.