INCINERATE Synonyms
There are 14 hypernyms of the word incinerate. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for INCINERATE
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| burn | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • pain that feels hot as if it were on fire • an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation • a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body) • damage inflicted by fire verb • destroy by fire • shine intensely, as if with heat • undergo combustion • cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort • cause to burn or combust • feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion • cause to undergo combustion • execute by tying to a stake and setting alight • spend (significant amounts of money) • feel hot or painful • burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent • get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun • create by duplicating data • use up (energy) • damage by burning with heat, fire, or radiation | ||||||||
| char | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a charred substance • a human female employed to do housework • any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus verb • burn to charcoal • burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color | ||||||||
| consume | verbv | |||||||
verb • eat up completely, as with great appetite • serve oneself to, or consume regularly • spend extravagantly • destroy completely • use up (resources or materials) • engage fully | ||||||||
| roast | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion • negative criticism adjective satellite • (meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven verb • cook with dry heat, usually in an oven • subject to laughter or ridicule | ||||||||
| scald | verbv | |||||||
noun • a burn cause by hot liquid or steam • the act of burning with steam or hot water verb • subject to harsh criticism • treat with boiling water • heat to the boiling point • burn with a hot liquid or steam | ||||||||
| scorch | verbv | |||||||
noun • a surface burn • a plant disease that produces a browning or scorched appearance of plant tissues • a discoloration caused by heat verb • subject to harsh criticism • make very hot and dry • become superficially burned • destroy completely by or as if by fire • burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color • become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions | ||||||||
| sear | verbv | |||||||
adjective satellite • (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture verb • make very hot and dry • become superficially burned • burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color • cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat | ||||||||
| singe | verbv | |||||||
noun • a surface burn verb • burn superficially or lightly • become superficially burned | ||||||||
| toast | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • slices of bread that have been toasted • a celebrity who receives much acclaim and attention • a person in desperate straits; someone doomed • a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event verb • make brown and crisp by heating • propose a toast to | ||||||||
| torch | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance • tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches • a small portable battery-powered electric lamp • a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame verb • burn maliciously, as by arson | ||||||||
