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cremate

[ kree-meyt ]

verb (used with object)

cremated, cremating.
  1. to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
  2. to consume by fire; burn.


cremate

/ ɪˈɪ /

verb

  1. tr to burn up (something, esp a corpse) and reduce to ash
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈپDz, noun
  • ˈپDzism, noun
  • ˈپDzist, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • ··پDz [kri-, mey, -sh, uh, n], noun
  • ܲ··· adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cremate1

First recorded in 1870–75; from Latin ٳܲ, past participle of “to burn to ashes”; -ate 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cremate1

C19: from Latin
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The children’s announcement Sunday said that their father’s remains would be cremated and that no public ceremony was planned.

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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.

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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.

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I learned that in August 2023 from a mortician preparing to cremate my mother.

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There was no funeral and Alison had to be cremated in Switzerland.

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