incinerate

Example Sentences

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There’s “torch,” at the high end of high intensity, when flames rise into the forest crown and incinerate everything.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

It is promoting waste-to-energy sites that incinerate garbage and produce electricity, with 34 planned within two years.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

It describes the behavior of some speculators in volatile stocks or cryptocurrencies who incinerate more of their savings after failing to cash in on big paper gains.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

“Ideally we don’t want to incinerate them because it has to be done very, very slowly. But if have to, we will,” said Bob Cappadona, who leads the company’s environmental services division.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 19, 2023

Assuming you don’t incinerate all record of me when you’re done with it, what I’d love to capture, to trap here for eternity in amber, is how exciting it was to come here.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein