Synonyms for cremation
krɪˈmeɪ ʃəncre·ma·tion

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1. cremationnoun

   Synonyms:
   incineration

2. cremationnoun

   A burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse.

   Synonyms:
   incineration

Princeton's WordNet

1. cremationnoun

   the incineration of a dead body

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1. • Incineration

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1. cremationnoun

   Synonyms:
   burning (especially of the dead)

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1. cremationnoun

   Synonyms:
   incremation, incineration

   Associated words:
   crematory, crematorium

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1. List of paraphrases for "cremation":

   crematorium, incineration

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1. Christophe Snoeck:

   My research goal was to assess what information could still be obtained from archeological human remains even after cremation, i managed to demonstrate that some geographical information still remained in cremated bone and this new development is what enable us to go back to the human remains from Stonehenge and carry out this exciting study.

2. Troy Slaten:

   If nobody claims a body, it is turned over to the public administrator, who will handle it civilly and not religiously, cremation is usually standard because it's the cheapest option.

3. Claudio Cavazzuti:

   Probably there was a change in ideology and a different relationship with the afterlife, and with the sphere of the divine, we can not exclude, however, that cremation became widespread also as a practical response to epidemics, considering the increasing demographic size of the communities and the high degree of mobility and interconnectedness among different regions.

4. Mike Nicodemus:

   Make no mistake about it, cremation is here to stay, it is the new normal.

5. Christophe Snoeck:

   Cremation destroys all organic matter [ including DNA ] but all the inorganic matter survives and we know, from the study of tooth enamel, that there is a huge amount of information contained in the inorganic fraction of human remains.