CREMATED Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

cremated

verb

past tense of cremate

as in incinerated

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The Food and Drug Administration recommends disposing of drugs by dropping them off at a take-back location or by mailing them using a prepaid envelope that is delivered to a facility where the drugs are incinerated.

— Sunny Linnebur, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026
And this particular person, his name is Tom Swift, just happened to be in an elevator, wrong place, wrong time when the plane hit and the jet fuel from the plane went right down the elevator shaft and incinerated it.

— Dana Taylor, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of incinerated

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More election news The battle for Nancy Pelosi’s seat has ignited a bitter San Francisco Democratic showdown.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
As is usually the case with ocean splashdowns, the rocket tipped over, fell onto its side and exploded as residual propellants ignited.

— William Harwood, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026

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The motive for the shooting was still unknown, police said, adding that the suspects torched two vehicles before fleeing.

— CBS News, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026
Well, Robinson torched this Packers defense with chunk runs, including a 55-yarder, and that also made life easier for Penix’s return under center.

— Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026

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Characters come alive with desire, as if lit from within by candles.

— E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
This adds together exposures taken over just 30 minutes on an early June night when, from my latitude of 51° N satellites even in low Earth orbit are lit all night by sunlight.

— Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026

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