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incineration

NOUN
cremation
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Italy's "Land of Fires", also known as the "Triangle of Death", has served as a dump and illegal incineration site since the late 1980s.

From Barron's May 23, 2026

Diverting those tonnages from landfill or incineration can "improve our recycling rate as a nation quite significantly", he explained.

From BBC Feb. 24, 2026

Colin Church, who chaired an independent review into incineration in Scotland, believes the shift to incinerators has been the right choice.

From BBC Jun. 15, 2025

Forest Service tested large-scale incineration of jungles by igniting barrels of fuel oil dropped from planes.

From Salon Apr. 30, 2025

The only area that escaped incineration was the Victor’s Village.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins




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