Meaning & use
incinerate
To destroy something completely by burning it, often as a method of waste disposal.
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The hospital incinerates medical waste at a facility outside the city each week.
Firefighters watched as the abandoned barn was incinerated within minutes.
A note on using this word
Stronger than "burn"; it implies total destruction, often deliberate, such as incinerating documents or waste.
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