Synonyms for incinerate
Definitions
- v. 1
To destroy by burning.
- v. 2
To annihilate (not necessarily by burning).
Related words
- Word family
- incineration
- Is a kind of
- destroy
Forms
- Past participle
- incinerated
e.g. incinerated → bornt, forswealed, cremated, forburnt…
Choose the right word
To incinerate is to reduce to ashes; the sense differs little from that of cremate, but it is in less popular use.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- cremate Sami was allowed to cremate his wife.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| incinerate | rising | |
| cremate | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- born1
- 6 letters
- scathe
- 7 letters
- cremate2, forburn
- 8 letters
- forsweal
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cremate2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- incinérer
- Español
- incinerar
- Deutsch
- einäschern
- Català
- incinerar