Etymology

incinerate

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Today it means: To destroy by burning. Full definition →

Latin incinerātus
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromincinerātus
  2. English todayincinerate

From Latin incinerātus, perfect participle of incinerō (“to burn into ashes”), from cinis (“ashes”).

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