cremating

present participle of cremate

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cremating
Verb
  • It's accessed by sliding door and contains a shower and a sink, plus a choice of flushing, composting or incinerating toilet.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2025
  • There's even an incinerating toilet to handle waste.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • So Hernandez was allowed to compete as a girl, become a national spectacle, and then play out a final high school volleyball season, igniting protests from opponents and teammates alike.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • But perhaps more importantly, Cork Tree helped the band become the therapists pumping through the speakers of a whole generation of skinny jean-wearing teens, igniting the pop-punk and emo music scene into a blazing force for the masses.
    Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In 1992, the Serbian military burned down the National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina, torching thousands of historic manuscripts.
    Ryan Byrnes, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The two reminisce in their childhood bedroom over a joint and bond as siblings over their respective failures in life before torching the place.
    Andrew Bernard, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • There's a lot of kindling around, and there's a lot of like newspapers that can catch on fire.
    Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Science builds on prior insights, and a handy repository of past advances serves as kindling for future discoveries.
    Evan Bush, NBC news, 15 Sep. 2025
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“Cremating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cremating. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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