FRENCH WORD OF THE DAY: Calciner

Calciner: To reduce to ashes, to burn to a crisp.

As seen in: « Les sauveteurs continuaient lundi de dégager des corps calcinés de la carcasse de l’avion de ligne nigérian qui s’est écrasé dimanche sur un quartier de Lagos, la plus grande ville du Nigeria, tuant les 153 personnes à bord et un nombre encore indéterminé d’habitants. »

(Translation: “Rescuers continued Monday to remove charred remains from the carcass of the Nigerian airplane that crashed in a neighbourhood of Laos, Nigeria’s largest city, killing the 153 people on board and a still undetermined number of residents.”)

http://www.la-croix.com/Actualite/S-informer/Monde/Nigeria-plus-de-60-corps-retrouves-sur-le-site-de-l-accident-d-avion-a-Lagos-debut-de-l-enquete-_NG_-2012-06-04-814228

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