About The Word Cremation
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Cremation
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What's The Definition Of Cremation?
[n] the incineration of a dead body
Synonyms | Synonyms for Cremation: Related Terms | Find terms related to Cremation: blazing | blistering | branding | burning | calcination | carbonization | cauterization | cautery | cineration | combustion | concremation | cracking | cupellation | deflagration | destructive distillation | distillation | distilling | flaming | funeral pile | incineration | oxidation | oxidization | parching | pyre | pyrolysis | reduction to ashes | refining | scorching | scorification | searing | self-immolation | singeing | smelting | suttee | the stake | thermogenesis | vesication See Also | incineration Cremation In Webster's Dictionary \Cre*ma"tion\ (kr?-m?"sh?n), n. [L. crematio.]
A burning; esp., the act or practice of cremating the dead.
Without cremation . . . of their bodies. --Sir T.
Browne.
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