incinerate /ɪnˈsɪnəɹeɪt/verb 2/ɪnˈsɪnɚeɪt/ adjective 1forms 3 verb2 •To destroy by burning.His mother was incinerated in the Dresden fire-storm. So it goes. — 1969 •(informal) To annihilate (not necessarily by burning). incinerate UK /ɪnˈsɪnəɹət/US /ɪnˈsɪnɚeɪt/ adjective1 •(no longer used) Reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed.FIRE burneth wood, making it first luminous; then black and brittle; and lastly , broken and incinerate — 1627 formsincinerated · incinerating · incinerates