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crematorium

[ kree-muh-tawr-ee-uhm, -tohr-, krem-uh- ]

noun

plural crematoriums, crematoria
  1. a crematory.


crematorium

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noun

  1. a building in which corpses are cremated
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of crematorium1

1875–80; Latinization of crematory; -tory 2
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I distinctly remember the heat and fumes from 37 funeral pyres burning simultaneously under the April sun at a Delhi crematorium.

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Headlines called the ranch an “extermination camp,†home to underground “crematoria and, even, the “Mexican Auschwitz.â€

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The funeral was followed by a private service at Thirsk crematorium and the family asked people to donate to the Police Children's Charity in her honour.

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By the winter of 1941, the Nazis had constructed their first gas chamber and crematorium at Auschwitz.

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But the ruins of two gas chambers and crematoria remain, blown up as the Nazis sought to destroy the evidence.

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