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Examples of cremate in a Sentence
He wants to be cremated when he dies.
Recent Examples of cremate from the Web
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Last month, a federal appeals court ruled unconstitutional an Indiana law requiring fetuses be buried or cremated.
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The body of Yarisleidy Cuba Rodríguez was in a Miami funeral home for nearly 20 days before her husband, who lives in Cuba, decided to cremate her remains.
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Parents will need to choose if the child will be buried or cremated and whether to hold a funeral or memorial service.
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George’s body will be cremated and his remains interred at South Florida National Cemetery in Lake Worth.
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His body will be cremated and ashes taken to San Francisco to be placed beside those of his wife and his son, John D. Spreckels, jr.
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The body cannot be cremated until 48 hours after the permit was issued.
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She was cremated by Cremation Choices in Minneloa .
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Vinall had cremated his body but buried his heart in a veterans' cemetery in Redding, California, close to family.
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Origin and Etymology of cremate
Latin crematus, past participle of cremare to burn up, cremate
CREMATE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of cremate for English Language Learners
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: to burn (the body of a person who has died)
CREMATE Defined for Kids
Definition of cremate for Students
cremated;
cremating
: to burn (as a dead body) to ashes
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cremation
\kri-ˈmā-shən\ nounMedical Dictionary
medical Definition of cremate
cremated;
cremating
: to reduce (as a dead body) to ashes by burning
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