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adjective

Definition of incineratednext
as in burnt

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incinerated

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verb

past tense of incinerate
as in burned
to burn (something) completely The waste is incinerated in a large furnace.

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incinerated
  1. burned
  2. scorched
  3. ignited
  4. singed
Verb
  • Their father had been murdered in their home, which was then looted and burnt to the ground.
    Angelina Jolie, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
  • When Arthur is found guilty, the courthouse is attacked by a car bomb, leaving half of Harvey’s face burned.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of burned
Adjective
  • Last week, Simcha Graiman, a worker with Zaka, a volunteer Israeli rescue organization, scraped a scorched home in Kibbutz Holit for ashes.
    Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Smoking heaps of rubble lay piled high next to the waterfront and gray smoke hovered over the leafless skeletons of scorched trees.
    JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2023
Definition of scorched
Verb
  • Had Coppola focused on the dilemma of a white idealist challenged and intimidated by a black political power player, setting off political subterfuge that nearly destroys the dynasty Cesar was born to, Megalopolis might have ignited pop recognition and excitement.
    Armond White, National Review, 4 Oct. 2024
  • In this process, fuel and oxidizer are injected into a narrow gap between two cylinders and ignited.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of ignited
Adjective
  • The ground was now full of enormous potholes covered by thin layers of singed plants.
    Manuela Andreoni, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Polaris Program/John Kraus A white spacecraft, lightly toasted like a marshmallow and smelling of singed metal, fell out of the night sky early on Sunday morning and splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico not all that far from Key West.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 15 Sep. 2024
Definition of singed
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