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incinerate

verb as in reduce to ashes

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This struck her one day when she stopped to pick up food at El Patron, a Mexican restaurant that survived the fire but was surrounded by incinerated businesses.

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Nearly half, or 46 percent, ends up in landfills, while 17 percent is incinerated and 22 percent is mismanaged and becomes litter.

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Vapes mixed in with general waste, which is often ultimately incinerated, cause less serious problems than those in general recycling.

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Entire villages have been emptied, homes and businesses destroyed and hundreds of vehicles incinerated, including more than 500 cars at a customs yard.

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People died, houses were incinerated, neighborhoods were eradicated.

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