The definition of incinerate is to burn something until only ashes remain.
(verb)An example of incinerate is to cremate a body.
See incinerate in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb, intransitive verb incinerated, incinerating
Origin: < ML incineratus, pp. of incinerare, to burn to ashes < L in, in, to + cinis (gen. cineris), ashes < IE *kenis < base *ken-, to scratch, rub > Gr konis, dust, ashes
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See incinerate in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb in·cin·er·at·ed, in·cin·er·at·ing, in·cin·er·ates verb, transitive
Origin:
Origin: Medieval Latin incinerāre, incinerāt-
Origin: : Latin in-, causative pref.; see in-2
Origin: + Latin cinis, ciner-, ashes
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