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n. - The act of burning something completely.

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  • There are more appropriate methods - namely incineration - but they'd cost more and necessitate a grown-up debate.
  • The incineration was a ridiculous attempt by the government of Guinea to prove that a law enforcement campaign against narcotics exists.
  • It may be thorium fuel, or actinides which need 'incineration'.
  • Losers were subject to "incineration" or "enslavement," a school administrator was quoted as saying.
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