incinerating

verb

present participle of incinerate
as in igniting
to burn (something) completely The waste is incinerated in a large furnace.

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Recent Examples of incinerating That’s because watching a launch on TV does not prepare you for the light-then-sound spectacle of a giant rocket igniting, incinerating gravity’s pull, and throwing a payload or people into space. — Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2026 The truck eventually explodes, seemingly incinerating the T-1000. — ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026 Season 2 saw Aemond purposefully incinerating his brother, leaving him badly burned, and decimating the Riverlands while on Vhagar. — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026 Today’s severe fires can change a landscape for centuries by killing most or all of the trees, baking the soil, incinerating the seeds and leaving large open areas that cannot easily recover, Williams said. — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 3 July 2026 For Thursday and Friday, the ridge of high pressure dominating the weather pattern and incinerating the East Coast with triple-digit feels-like temperatures shifts just enough to allow for some Gulf moisture to build in. — Michael Autovino, CBS News, 1 July 2026 The bathroom is nearby and contains a vanity sink, a walk-in shower, and an incinerating toilet – which literally turns waste into ash. — Adam Williams july 01, New Atlas, 1 July 2026 This rapid heating causes the cell walls to rupture, leading to wilting of the foliage and ultimately killing the plants without completely incinerating them. — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 10 June 2026 Corporate America is incinerating billions of dollars trying to build AI tools that white-collar workers actually want to use. — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 6 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incinerating
  1. igniting
  2. burning
  3. firing
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  • Containment on the Bryson fire, which has scorched 147 acres near Encinal Canyon Road since igniting on Thursday, increased to 52% Saturday morning.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Another wildfire to the south has burned more than 3,000 acres near the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton since igniting Thursday afternoon, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire).
    — Eduardo Cuevas, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of igniting
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  • Israeli settlers attacked at least eight Palestinian villages in the West Bank, burning cars and olive trees and beating residents as the annual harvest got underway.
    — Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Additional videos from the scene show a man with a bloodied face after the attack, as well as flame pouring out of a burning car with Palestinian license plates.
    — Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of burning
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  • Several reports say the attackers arrived on a motorcycle and fled after firing.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Mississippi’s attorney general says a Senatobia police officer was justified in firing into a car during a shoplifting response, killing 1-year-old Kohen Wiley.
    — Sophie Bates, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of firing

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“Incinerating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incinerating. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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