incinerate

[in-sin-uh-reyt] Origin

in·cin·er·ate

[in-sin-uh-reyt]
verb (used with object), in·cin·er·at·ed, in·cin·er·at·ing.
to burn or reduce to ashes; cremate.

Origin:
1545–55; < Medieval Latin incinerātus (past participle of incinerāre) < Latin in- in-2 + ciner- (stem of cinis) ashes + -ātus -ate1

in·cin·er·a·tion, noun
un·in·cin·er·at·ed, adjective
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incinerate (ɪnˈsɪnəˌreɪt)
 
vb
to burn up completely; reduce to ashes
 
[C16: from Medieval Latin incinerāre, from Latin in-² + cinis ashes]
 
inciner'ation
 
n

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incinerate
1555, from M.L. incineratus "reduce to ashes," pp. of incinerare, from L. in- "into" + cinis (gen. cineris) "ashes." Incinerator first recorded 1883, originally in the Amer.Eng. terminology of cremation; meaning "device for waste disposal by burning" is from 1889.
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