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incineration

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ɪnˌsɪnəˈreɪʃ^ən/US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/ɪnˌsɪnəˈreɪʃən/

in•cin•er•ate /ɪnˈsɪnəˌreɪt/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -at•ed, -at•ing.

to burn to ashes:The garbage was incinerated in the building.

in•cin•er•a•tion /ɪnˌsɪnəˈreɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]

in•cin•er•ate (in sin′ə rāt′),USA pronunciation v.t., -at•ed, -at•ing.

to burn or reduce to ashes;
cremate.

Latin in- in-² + ciner- (stem of cinis) ashes + -ātus -ate¹
Medieval Latin incinerātus (past participle of incinerāre)
1545–55

in•cin′er•a′tion, n.

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