burninate

burninate verb: to destroy by fire; to burn.

Verb

burninate (third-person singular simple present burninates, present participle burninating, simple past and past participle burninated)

(humorous, slang) To destroy by fire; to burn.
- Burninating the countryside! / Burninating the peasants! / Burninating all the people! / In their thatched-roof COTTAGES!!2003 January 13, Michael Chapman; Matthew Chapman, “Strong Bad Email #58: dragon”, in Homestar Runner, spoken by Strong Bad (Matthew Chapman)
- Although the language may not be going to hell in a handbasket — what is a handbasket, anyway? — some of its speakers appear ready to burninate a noob.2008, Mark Abley, The Prodigal Tongue: Dispatches from the Future of English, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 24

আগুন দিয়ে ধ্বংস করা, পোড়ানো

third-person singular present	burninates
present participle	burninating
past participle	burninated
past	burninated

Back-formation from Burninator, from the original character Trogdor the Burninator from the Homestar Runner series of web cartoons.

What does burninate mean?: Burninate means to destroy by fire; to burn.
What is burninate in Bengali?: Burninate in Bengali is আগুন দিয়ে ধ্বংস করা, পোড়ানো. See Burninate meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is burninate?: Burninate is a verb.
What is the past tense of burninate?: The past tense of burninate is burninated.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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