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Incinerate (Verb)

Become reduced to ashes; "The paper incinerated quickly".

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

The old documentos from the 17th century slowly began to incinerate when they were accidentally left out in the open near the fireplace.
During the volcanic eruption, the village's wooden houses started to incinerate under the intense heat.
Flames engulfed the rubbish dump as old tyres began to incinerate rapidly in a massive blaze.
Placing the matches close to the gas tank proved catastrophic as it instantly caused the entire room to incinerate in seconds.
After lying in the open near a burning oil depot, the heap of straw bales started to incinerate gradually due to excess heat and flames.

Cause to undergo combustion; "burn garbage"; "The car burns only Diesel oil".

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

The factory's old documents were scheduled to be incinerated at the end of the month.
All the radioactive waste had to be carefully contained before they could be incinerated.
The massive wildfires in the western states would incinerate millions of acres of forestland.
If those old pesticides are not handled properly, they could incinerate and fill the air with toxic fumes.
The spacecraft's descent into the Earth's atmosphere caused it to incinerate within seconds.