Definition of cremate
cremated
;cremating
transitive verb
: to reduce to ashes by burning cremate a dead body
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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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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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Chandraswamy was cremated last week on the banks of the Yamuna River in a ceremony attended by a handful of mourners.
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The bill requires fetal remains to be buried or cremated and bans donations of fetal tissue to medical research.
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The family of former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega has cremated his remains and held a private funeral for him.
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Their bodies were recovered Wednesday and brought ashore, where autopsies were performed and the remains cremated.
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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
playDefinition of cremate for English Language Learners
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: to burn (the body of a person who has died)
CREMATE Defined for Kids
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cremated
;cremating
: to burn (as a dead body) to ashes
cremation
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