incineration Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of burning something completely; reducing it to ashes

WordNet

In*cin`er*a"tion noun
Etymology
LL. incineratio: cf. F. incinération.
Definitions
  1. The act of incinerating, or the state of being incinerated; cremation.
    The phenix kind, Of whose incineration, There riseth a new creation. Skelton.

Webster 1913