Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

incinerator

[in-sin-uh-rey-ter] / ɪnˈsɪn əˌreɪ tər /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The project comes around a decade after the entire archive at St Mark's was nearly consigned to the hospital incinerator.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

Neighbors and grassroots groups in South L.A. put their muscle together, stood up to their own council member, and stopped the Lancer project, a closed-system incinerator to burn trash into energy near the Coliseum.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2025

Gaba drew parallels with the memory holes in George Orwell’s “1984,” which are incinerator chutes that burn references to the past, allowing the government to rewrite history without leaving a trace of the deception.

From Salon • Feb. 4, 2025

A High Court review into plans to build an incinerator on part of Dorset's Unesco World Heritage site has been given permission to go ahead.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2024

He couldn’t deny the relief he’d felt when she’d emerged from the incinerator shaft, disheveled and gasping, frightened but alive.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo




Vocabulary lists containing incinerator