incinerated
Reduced to ash
Incinerated is the past tense of incinerate, meaning to burn something completely, reducing it to ite destroy it utterly: The documents were incinerated before investigators could examine them.
The word implies thorough destruction by fire, not merely burning but consuming entirely.
Incinerators are furnaces designed for this purpose, used for waste disposal or cremation.
Burned until black
- scorchedBurned on surface
- burnedDamaged by fire
- combustedCaught fire, burned up
- crematedBurned after death
torched · carbonized · engulfed · ignited · blazed · flamed · smoldered · seared
Burned after death
- urnDecorative container for ashes
- intermentPutting a body underground
- funeral pyreOutdoor body-burning structure
- crematoriumCorpse incineration facility
memorial · remains · scatter · funeral · cremains · inurnment · disposition · pyre
Burned matter's residue
- cindersPartly burned coal pieces
- sootCarbon from incomplete burning
- charcoalBurned wood residue
- embersSmoldering fire remnants
cremains · residue · dust · char · slag · clinker · powder · remnants
Destroy completely, leaving nothing
- obliterateDestroy all traces of
- destroyCause complete ruin
- demolishedCompletely destroyed a structure
- devastateDestroy thoroughly and completely
disintegrate · vaporize · eradicate · reduced · consumed · ravaged · ruined · decimated
Eliminate all microorganisms
- sanitizeCleanse of pathogens
- decontaminateRemove harmful substances
- burn awayDestroy gradually by fire
- cleanseRemove dirt or sin
Dangerous discards threatening health
- medical wasteContaminated healthcare refuse
- disposalAct of throwing away
- high-temperatureVery great heat
- biohazardDangerous living organism risk
contaminated · regulated · industrial · municipal · processing · emissions · smokestacks · pollution control
charred
Burned until black
cremated · torched · carbonized · engulfed · ignited · blazed · flamed · smoldered · seared · blackened
cremated
Burned after death
- urnDecorative container for ashes
- intermentPutting a body underground
- funeral pyreOutdoor body-burning structure
crematorium · memorial · remains · scatter · funeral · cremains · inurnment · disposition · pyre
ashes
Burned matter's residue
embers · cremains · residue · dust · char · slag · clinker · powder · remnants · debris
annihilate
Destroy completely, leaving nothing
- obliterateDestroy all traces of
- destroyCause complete ruin
- demolishedCompletely destroyed a structure
devastate · disintegrate · vaporize · eradicate · reduced · consumed · ravaged · ruined · decimated · eliminated
sterilize
Eliminate all microorganisms
- sanitizeCleanse of pathogens
- decontaminateRemove harmful substances
- burn awayDestroy gradually by fire
hazardous waste
Dangerous discards threatening health
- medical wasteContaminated healthcare refuse
- disposalAct of throwing away
- high-temperatureVery great heat
biohazard · contaminated · regulated · industrial · municipal · processing · emissions · smokestacks · pollution control
incineratedextinguished
Made to stop burning
unburned · unincinerated · fireproof · doused · quenched
incineratedfrozen
Solidified by extreme cold
refrigerated · chilled · iced · cooled · cryopreserved
- waste incinerationBurning trash as disposal
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