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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
/ ɪˈɪ /
verb
- tr to burn up (something, esp a corpse) and reduce to ash
Derived Forms
- ˈپDz, noun
- ˈپDzism, noun
- ˈپDzist, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- ··پDz [kri-, mey, -sh, uh, n], noun
- ܲ··· adjective
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of cremate1
Example Sentences
So many corpses have piled up since a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck last Friday close to Mandalay, that they have had to be "cremated in stacks", one resident says.
Baltazar begins to cry as she talks about caring for her sick aunt and the thought of losing the cremated remains to a wildfire that swept through this Altadena neighborhood in January.
I learned that in August 2023 from a mortician preparing to cremate my mother.
There was no funeral and Alison had to be cremated in Switzerland.
He was cremated and his ashes were buried next to those of his parents and Jamsetji Tata in a cemetery in London - uniting him once again with the Tata clan and their legacy.
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