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cremate
[ kree-meyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
- to consume by fire; burn.
cremate
/ krɪˈmeɪt /
verb
- tr to burn up (something, esp a corpse) and reduce to ash
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Derived Forms
- creˈmation, noun
- creˈmationist, noun
- creˈmationism, noun
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Other Words From
- cre·ma·tion [kri-, mey, -sh, uh, n], noun
- un·cre·mat·ed adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cremate1
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Example Sentences
It began in 1973 for 8-year-old Huang, when his grandmother made her family promise to not cremate her.
If you cremate a human body and study the ashes chemically, you find a score or more of mineral salts.
Now, if you want to know all about this "statue" which proposes to cremate itself, I'm your man.
They were going to cremate the body on the outskirts of the town, on the beach that faced the East.
But later "waves" of the fighting charioteers did not cremate their dead.
They had to cremate the bull for fear the disease would spread.
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