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 by fire. [Obs.] --Bacon.
Incinerate \In*cin"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Incinerated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Incinerating}.] To burn to ashes; to consume by fire; to burn. --Bacon.
It is the fire only that incinerates bodies. --Boyle.
After years of costly litigation, Syntex signed a consent decree a year ago agreeing to clean up the sites and incinerate some 100,000 cubic yards of contaminated soil. Cost estimates run as much as $200 million over the next decade.