Definition of cremate
cremated
;cremating
transitive verb
: to reduce to ashes by burning cremate a dead body
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He wants to be cremated when he dies.
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The bodies were cremated, their ashes scattered at sea.
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Smith's remains were cremated in Minnesota, the records said.
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When development of Pudong finally began, these pictures saved my great-grandmother’s remains from being cremated.
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The court's decision comes after a three-year legal battle between disciples of the sect and Dalip Kumar Jha — who claims to be Maharaj's son, and is fighting to cremate the body in line with Hindu custom.
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The nephew of an 83-year-old woman has filed a lawsuit against Huntsville's Nelms Memorial Funeral Home, alleging her body was wrongfully cremated before her family could gather to say goodbye.
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The man who cremated Tupac retired immediately afterward.
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By then, Henthorn had already cremated Toni - a decision which added to the list of red flags for the Bertolets.
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His body cremated, Clay's remains were brought to a memorial park in Goyangsi, not too far from the orphanage Clay left in the early 1980s to begin his new life in America.
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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
cremate
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: to burn (the body of a person who has died)
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cremated
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: to burn (as a dead body) to ashes
cremation
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