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cremate
[ kree-meyt ]
verb (used with object)
, cre·mat·ed, cre·mat·ing.
- 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
- creˈmationism, noun
- creˈmationist, 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
C19: from Latin cremāre
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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.
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If you cremate a human body and study the ashes chemically, you find a score or more of mineral salts.
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Now, if you want to know all about this "statue" which proposes to cremate itself, I'm your man.
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They were going to cremate the body on the outskirts of the town, on the beach that faced the East.
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But later "waves" of the fighting charioteers did not cremate their dead.
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They had to cremate the bull for fear the disease would spread.
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