cremated; cremating
: to subject to cremation
especially
: to reduce (a dead body) to mostly tiny bits of bones resembling ash through exposure to flame and intense heat followed by pulverization of bone fragments
cremate a dead body
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He wants to be cremated when he dies.
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His body was cremated the next day.
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Max Silnicki, who runs the Washington Avenue Barber Shop, shaved the heads of 10,000 Jews in Nazi concentration camps before they were cremated.
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Dateline Nbc, NBC news, 4 Mar. 2026
Short has been cremated, according to the document.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2026
Max Silnicki, who runs the Washington Avenue Barber Shop, shaved the heads of 10,000 Jews in Nazi concentration camps before they were cremated.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
The remains of the tigers went through necropsies before being cremated and buried.
—Wasamon Audjarint, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for cremate
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“Cremate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cremate. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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cremated; cremating
: to burn (as a dead body) to ashes
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