| Cremation (n.) A burning; esp., the act or practice of cremating the dead. Thesaurus Entries 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 |