cremating

present participle of cremate

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cremating
Verb
  • For Thursday and Friday, the ridge of high pressure dominating the weather pattern and incinerating the East Coast with triple-digit feels-like temperatures shifts just enough to allow for some Gulf moisture to build in.
    Michael Autovino, CBS News, 1 July 2026
  • The bathroom is nearby and contains a vanity sink, a walk-in shower, and an incinerating toilet – which literally turns waste into ash.
    Adam Williams July 01, New Atlas, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • The blaze remained confined to the wrecking yard property, despite briefly jumping a fence and igniting vegetation to the west.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 4 July 2026
  • At the party, Decastro spent over an hour shooting off fireworks in the street, eventually igniting the $400 firework.
    Seamus Bozeman, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • But everyday people expressed their political outrage time and again, throwing rocks at and demolishing the houses of government officials, torching the king’s ships and forts and, eventually, marching to battle.
    Robert Parkinson, The Conversation, 24 June 2026
  • In 1984, then unknown monologist Whoopi Goldberg premiered her provocative, thought-provoking one-woman show on Broadway, torching the rulebook of traditional solo performance in one of the most electrifying debuts of the era.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • Photography arrived, kindling an enthusiasm that Baudelaire, ever the cynic, compared to a lust for pornography.
    Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • Even minor parks or embers might be carried into leaves or grass, kindling a fire that can swiftly expand.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 25 June 2026
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“Cremating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cremating. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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