Thesaurus:incinerate
English
Verb
(transitive)
Sense: to destroy by burning; to cause to be consumed by fire
Synonyms
- burn [⇒ thesaurus]
- burn away
- burn down
- burn up
- burn to a crisp
- char up
- cinder
- cremate
- forburn (obsolete)
- forsweal (obsolete)
- incinerate
- scathe (poetic)
- torch
Antonyms
Hypernyms
Various
See also
- Thesaurus:combust (intransitive)
- Thesaurus:kindle (transitive)
Further reading
- “384. calefaction” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “incinerate” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.