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How to use incinerate in a sentence

12 example sentences · verb, adjective

Incinerate means to destroy by burning. Example: “The laggard broilers are euthanized and incinerated.”

Examples of incinerate by meaning

verbTo destroy by burning.

  • His mother was incinerated in the Dresden fire-storm.1969 March 31, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., chapter 1, in Slaughterhouse-Five […] (A Seymour Lawrence Book), New York, N.Y.: Delacorte Press, →OCLC...
  • A cloud of smoke from two pounds of methamphetamine seized by the FBI and incinerated inside a Montana animal shelter sent its workers to the hospital, city officials in Billings said.2025 September 12, “Meth burn by FBI smokes out Montana animal shelter”, in CNN, sourced from Associated Press, archived from the original...

More sentences with incinerate

  • The laggard broilers are euthanized and incinerated.From the entry laggard
  • Erick ducked as a drakerider zoomed narrowly overhead, its firebreath incinerating the very air inches above him.2006, Blake Garrett Anderson, “Shattered Ice”, in The Dragonheroes (The Birth of Terralax; 1), [Bradenton, Fla.]: Booklocker.com, Inc.…. From the entry firebreath
  • Speaking of the garbage problem, why not incinerate some of our obuncous politicians?1916 December 16, “Perspective Impressions”, in Town Talk, volume XXVIII, number 1269, San Francisco, page 6. From the entry obuncous
  • The queen squeezes her eyes shut as she prepares to be incinerated, but the red dragon only roars—a display of both might and mercy.2022 October 16, Jenna Scherer, “An enticing House Of The Dragon crowns Westeros' new ruler”, in AV Club. From the entry talk about
  • If some types of electronic waste aren’t incinerated at a high enough temperature, dioxins, which can cause cancer and developmental problems, infiltrate the food supply.2019 December 8, Hannah Beech, Ryn Jirenuwat, “The Price of Recycling Old Laptops: Toxic Fumes in Thailand’s Lungs”, in New York Times. From the entry toxic
  • The environmental hazard of additives might become manifest during processing, but are particularly so at the waste stage, when the products are dumped or incinerated.1996, Martijntje Smits, Polymer Products And Waste Management: A Multidisciplinary Approach, International Books, →ISBN. From the entry CFK
  • The mild sunlight everyone takes for granted—the girl scraping out a sandcastle’s moat, the old man in the park sleeping as the sun rockabyes him—would incinerate you.2014, Robert Thomas, Bridge, BOA Editions, Ltd., →ISBN. From the entry rockabye
  • Added value to the phytoextraction process could be obtained by combining the biomass produced as an energy source, resulting in an ore after incinerating the residual biomass.2013, Meri Barbafieri, Jan Japenga, Paul Romkens, Giannantonio Petruzzelli, Francesca Pedron, “Protocols for Applying Phytotechnologies in…. From the entry phytomining
  • I have worked in Munich as a reporter for an international news service, covering a horrible plane crash that also incinerated a streetcar full of Münchners.2005, William Bridges, Five-Mountain Morning, Virtualbookworm.com Publishing Inc., →ISBN, page 12. From the entry Münchner
  • But restaurants mostly buy dark roast stuff - i.e. incinerated beans of poorer quality which taste mostly of burnt, with a vaguely coffeey after taste meant to fool the throngs.2001 June 20, Cat, “10 Things I Love About Ireland”, in soc.culture.irish (Usenet). From the entry coffeey

Meaning of incinerate

  1. verb To destroy by burning.
  2. verb To annihilate (not necessarily by burning).
  3. adjective Reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed.

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Questions about incinerate in a sentence

How do you use incinerate in a sentence?
Incinerate is used as a verb and adjective. For example: “The laggard broilers are euthanized and incinerated.”
What is a short sentence with incinerate?
“The laggard broilers are euthanized and incinerated.”
What does incinerate mean?
Incinerate means to destroy by burning.

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