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Synonyms for cremation
krɪˈmeɪ ʃəncre·ma·tion
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cremationnoun
Synonyms:
incinerationcremationnoun
A burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse.
Synonyms:
incineration
Princeton's WordNet
cremationnoun
the incineration of a dead body
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
cremationnoun
Synonyms:
burning (especially of the dead)
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
cremationnoun
Synonyms:
incremation, incinerationAssociated words:
crematory, crematorium
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How to use cremation in a sentence?
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.
Make no mistake about it, cremation is here to stay, it is the new normal.
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.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky:
The Russian people dying here, nobody is counting them, people dying in this war. Do you know The Russian people have brought a cremation chamber with The Russian people ? The Russian people're not going to show the bodies to The Russian people families. The Russian people're not going to tell the mothers that their children died here.
If this isn't a case of emergency, what is ? I can not allow her cremation without seeing her one last time, i am ready to hire a private jet. I beg the authorities, somebody have mercy on me, please let me see my mother one last time.
Translations for cremation
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- verassing, kremasie, lykverbrandingAfrikaans
- إحراق جثث الموتىArabic
- кремация, изгарянеBulgarian
- kremaceCzech
- Kremierung, Einäscherung, Feuerbestattung, Leichenverbrennung, KremationGerman
- αποτέφρωσηGreek
- kremacioEsperanto
- cremaciónSpanish
- polttohautaus, polttaminenFinnish
- crémationFrench
- दाह संस्कारHindi
- hamvasztásHungarian
- cremazioneItalian
- 火葬Japanese
- 火葬, 화장Korean
- cremātiōLatin
- kremasjonNorwegian
- crematieDutch
- kremasjonNorwegian Nynorsk
- kremasjonNorwegian
- kremacjaPolish
- cremaçãoPortuguese
- кремацияRussian
- kremáciaSlovak
- likbränning, kremation, kremeringSwedish
- ظلمUrdu
- sự, hoả táng, 火葬Vietnamese
- fefilükam, funifefilükamVolapük
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