incinerate
gb/ɪnsˈɪnɚˌeɪt/ us/ɪnsˈɪnɚˌeɪt/
C1
Англійська
eléget, szénné éget
ДІЄСЛОВО
C1
FORMAL
1
eléget
B1
Модель уживання:
incinerate [something]
The hospital incinerates medical waste to prevent the spread of infection.
A kórház elégeti az orvosi hulladékot, hogy megakadályozza a fertőzések terjedését.
Old confidential records were incinerated after being scanned.
A régi bizalmas iratokat beszkennelés után elégették.
Some cities incinerate garbage to reduce the amount sent to landfills.
Навчальні приклади
They incinerated the waste in a special furnace.
A hulladékot egy speciális kemencében égették el.
The papers were incinerated.
A papírokat elégették.
Поширена помилка:
Do not use incinerate for ordinary cooking or small fires; burn is the more general word.
Значення
burn completely to ash
Словосполучення
incinerate waste
|incinerate garbage
|incinerate trash
|incinerate medical waste
|incinerate hazardous waste
|incinerate documents
|incinerate the remains
|incinerated in a furnace
|an incinerated body
|completely incinerated
Синоніми
burn (more general and common; does not necessarily mean completely to ash)
|
cremate (specifically to burn a dead body as a funeral practice)
|
destroy by fire (clearer but less compact; emphasizes destruction rather than the process)
Антоніми
preserve (to keep something from being damaged or destroyed)
|
extinguish (to put out a fire rather than use fire to destroy something)
Теми
fire
|waste_management
|environment
|public_services
Визначення
to burn something until only ash is left
To burn something completely, especially waste or other unwanted material, until it is reduced to ash.
ДІЄСЛОВО
C1
FORMAL
2
szénné éget
B2
Модель уживання:
[fire/explosion/weapon] incinerates [something/someone]; [something/someone] is incinerated
The car was incinerated in the explosion.
Az autó a robbanásban szénné égett.
A wall of flame swept through the warehouse and incinerated everything inside.
Egy lángfal söpört végig a raktáron, és mindent szénné égetett odabent.
Investigators found that the intense heat had incinerated most of the evidence.
Навчальні приклади
The truck was incinerated in the fire.
A teherautó szénné égett a tűzben.
The explosion incinerated the small building.
A robbanás szénné égette a kis épületet.
Поширена помилка:
Incinerate is stronger than burn; it suggests complete destruction by very high heat.
Значення
destroy by intense fire
Словосполучення
incinerated in the blast
|incinerated by the explosion
|incinerated by fire
|incinerated instantly
|incinerated the vehicle
|incinerated the building
|nearly incinerated
|burned and incinerated
Синоніми
consume (used of fire destroying something, often literary or formal)
|
char (means to blacken or partly burn, not necessarily destroy completely)
|
vaporize (suggests disappearance from extreme heat or force, not specifically burning to ash)
Антоніми
survive (to remain alive or intact instead of being destroyed)
|
spare (to leave something unharmed rather than destroy it)
Теми
fire
|disasters
|warfare
|accidents
Визначення
to destroy something completely by very strong fire or heat
To destroy or kill something or someone completely with intense fire, heat, or an explosion.
Граматика
Словникова форма
incinerate
IPA
GB/ɪnsˈɪnɚˌeɪt/
US/ɪnsˈɪnɚˌeɪt/
Склади й наголос
in - cin - er - ate (4 склади)
Stress on 2nd syllable (cin)
Форми слова
Verb
- Base: incinerate
- 3rd Person Singular: incinerates
- Present Participle: incinerating
- Past: incinerated
Вирази
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