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   incinerate

   /ɪnˈsɪnəreɪt/

   verb

   • 1. destroy (something, especially waste material) by burning: "waste packaging is to be incinerated rather than buried in landfills"

   Word Origin late 15th century: from medieval Latin incinerat- ‘burnt to ashes’, from the verb incinerare, from in- ‘into, towards’ + cinis, ciner- ‘ashes’.

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