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

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Goodwin, its president, credits a pandemic-era mistrust of public education, when debates ignited over school closures, books, race, sexuality and gender identity.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
In June 2024, two major fires ignited, and monsoon rains soon followed.

— Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026

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French authorities are extending curfews and increasing the police presence in public spaces as President Emmanuel Macron's government tries to regain control after rioters torched buildings and looted thousands of businesses this weekend.

— Aidan Stretch, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
Officials rushed to restore order after rioters torched buildings and smashed storefronts, in a fraught political climate ahead of next year's presidential election.

— Ellen Francis, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2026

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Try not to squeal like a 5-year-old when the foot-tall sparkler speared into the sundae is lit.

— Lisa Shames, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
The first practical transformer was switched on about 15 miles down the road, in 1886, when William Stanley lit stores and offices lining Great Barrington’s Main Street.

— Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

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