incinerate
Example Sentences
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“Rebuilding” doesn’t reveal much about Dusty before the ranch was incinerated, but what eventually becomes clear is that he’s always been something of a disappointment.
From Los Angeles Times
Those cats were then euthanized, sometimes just a few weeks later, and incinerated to avoid spreading the infection.
From Science Magazine
The resulting explosion of six million liters of oil killed 47 people in Lac-Mégantic, a community of 5,600, and incinerated most of its downtown.
From New York Times
If they can’t pack the piano, discover and auction the treasures, or sort and incinerate the stacks of files, then they probably know someone who can.
From Washington Post
In acrylic works like “In the Likeness of Fire” and “An Echo of Cinders,” he painted in reds, yellows, oranges and blues to illustrate the flames that incinerated Jews in crematories.
From New York Times
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