Incinerate v. t. (past & past part. incinerated; pres. part. incinerating) To burn to ashes; to consume by fire; to burn. "It is the fire only that incinerates bodies."
... bearded men, with weppings on, like schoolboys at their play. They'd laugh with glee, and shout to see each other lead the van, And Bob sat up as monitor with a cue for a rattan, Till the Chair gave out "incinerate," and Brown said he'd be durned If any such blamed word as that ... — Complete Poetical Works of Bret Harte • Bret Harte
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