cremate

[ kree-meyt ]

/ ˈkri meɪt /

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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.

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Origin of cremate

First recorded in 1870–75; from Latin cremātus, past participle of cremāre “to burn to ashes”; see -ate¹

OTHER WORDS FROM cremate

cre·ma·tion

[kri-mey-shuhn], /krɪˈmeɪ ʃən/, nounun·cre·mat·ed, adjective

Words nearby cremate

creese, crem, cremains, crémant, cremaster, cremate, cremation, cremationist, cremator, crematorium, crematory

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How to use cremate in a sentence

According to Calvert, Turner will be cremated and some of her ashes will be laid to rest with Schulte, who will be buried in her native Montana next to her younger brother, who died in a 2015 shooting.
Newlyweds told friends about a ‘creepy guy’ at their Utah campsite. Five days later, they were found shot dead.|Jessica Lipscomb|August 26, 2021|Washington Post
He was cremated the following morning, one of 82 coronavirus victims that day at the city’s main Bhadbhada crematorium.
These twins are 5 years old. They lost both parents to covid-19.|Joanna Slater|June 17, 2021|Washington Post
That means families are having to figure out how to cremate or bury their family member while already overwhelmed with the task of notifying relatives about the death.
India is grappling with covid grief|Tanya Basu|May 28, 2021|MIT Technology Review
Funerals are a 21-day event where the dead body “lives” in its house before being slowly cremated over fragrant juniper trees in front of hundreds of friends and relatives.
The Secret to Happiness? Thinking About Death.|Michael Easter|May 13, 2021|Outside Online

A celebration of life for Collins, who was cremated, will be held at a time and place yet to be decided, Merena said.
High tech sales engineer Steve Collins dies at 66|Lou Chibbaro Jr.|April 28, 2021|Washington Blade
It began in 1973 for 8-year-old Huang, when his grandmother made her family promise to not cremate her.
This Week’s Hot Reads: April 23, 2012|Jimmy So|April 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST
If you cremate a human body and study the ashes chemically, you find a score or more of mineral salts.
The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society|Upton Sinclair
Now, if you want to know all about this "statue" which proposes to cremate itself, I'm your man.
The Works of Lucian of Samosata, v. 4|Lucian of Samosata
They were going to cremate the body on the outskirts of the town, on the beach that faced the East.
Luna Benamor|Vicente Blasco Ibez
But later "waves" of the fighting charioteers did not cremate their dead.
Ancient Man in Britain|Donald A. (Donald Alexander) Mackenzie
They had to cremate the bull for fear the disease would spread.
Thy Rocks and Rills|Robert Ernest Gilbert

British Dictionary definitions for cremate

cremate

/ (krɪˈmeɪt) /

verb

(tr) to burn up (something, esp a corpse) and reduce to ash

Derived forms of cremate

cremation, nouncremationism, nouncremationist, noun

Word Origin for cremate

C19: from Latin cremāre

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