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English Dictionary: incinerate by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
incinerate
v
  1. become reduced to ashes; "The paper incinerated quickly"
  2. cause to undergo combustion; "burn garbage"; "The car burns only Diesel oil"
    Synonym(s): burn, incinerate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Incinerate \In*cin"er*ate\, [LL. incineratus, p. p. of
      incinerare to incinerate; L. pref. in- in + cinis, cineris,
      ashes.]
      Reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed. [Obs.]
      --Bacon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Incinerate \In*cin"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Incinerated};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Incinerating}.]
      To burn to ashes; to consume; to burn. --Bacon.
  
               It is the fire only that incinerates bodies. --Boyle.
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