cremated

verb

past tense of cremate
as in incinerated

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  1. incinerated
  2. ignited
  3. torched
  4. lit
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  • Crystal’s house at 860 Chautauqua Boulevard in Pacific Palisades was incinerated in the wildfire of early January 2025.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of incinerated
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  • The duo ignited a 6-0 run in the fourth set and Granada Hills led 15-9 after trailing 2-1 and facing elimination.
    — Ethan Hanson, Daily News, 11 Nov. 2026
  • How a crackdown on immigrant drivers ignited an Indian food frenzy — at California truck stops.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of ignited
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  • Robinson’s second sack came early in the third quarter and the Dolphins didn’t get another as Maye torched the secondary.
    — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2026
  • And then there are dishes that bring a little theater to the table, like the creamy rice pudding which gets torched before serving.
    — Rachel Gurjar, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of torched
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  • The nearly century-old prison, its dank corridors lit by flickering fluorescent tubes, is now closing, and its more than 1,000 inmates are moving to a new penitentiary complex.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Nov. 2026
  • The dispute began before Heritage Village Park opened in 2022, when residents of the adjacent Heritage El Dorado Hills retirement community objected to lighted sports courts, traffic and noise near their homes.
    — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 11 Nov. 2026
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“Cremated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cremated. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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