Definition of CREMATORIUM

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Recent Examples on the Web One of the attendants at the crematorium, just before the coffin rolled away to be consumed, invited me to place my hand on the coffin. — V. S. Naipaul, The New Yorker, "The Strangeness of Grief," 30 Dec. 2019 The LaDeurs are begging the thief — or any good Samaritan who might somehow come across the remains — to mail the box to the crematorium or take it to any funeral parlor. — Angie Leventis Lourgos, chicagotribune.com, "Grieving parents plead for return of their baby’s ashes after their west suburban home was burglarized: ‘Billy didn’t deserve this.’," 12 Dec. 2019 Several years ago, Francis was given a photograph of a Nagasaki boy carrying his dead baby brother on his back en route to a crematorium after the bombing. — Washington Post, "Pope in Nagasaki: No to atomic weapons, deterrence doctrine," 24 Nov. 2019 On the 50th anniversary of Auschwitz’s liberation, Eva and Münch stood together before the charred ruins of its crematoriums. — Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com, "Eva Kor, Who Survived Horrific Twin Experiments at Auschwitz During the Holocaust, Dies at 85," 8 July 2019 Get our daily newsletter In one of his recent 20-minute monologues, published on YouTube, Mr Wen discussed a demonstration in late November in the southern Chinese town of Wenlou, over the building of a crematorium. — The Economist, "Video blogs by critics of China’s Communist Party attract many fans," 18 Dec. 2019 And, Dey later told investigators, the carting of their lifeless bodies to the camp’s crematorium was a daily sight. — Time, "Former Nazi SS Guard Goes on Trial at Age 93 for 5,230 Counts of Accessory to Murder," 17 Oct. 2019 Regional environmental regulations mean that most U.S. crematoriums have scrubbing or filtering systems, such as after-chambers that burn and neutralize pollutants like mercury emissions from dental fillings. — Becky Little, National Geographic, "The environmental toll of cremating the dead," 5 Nov. 2019 The first thing Kor noticed was the smokestacks of the Auschwitz crematoriums, ceaselessly billowing black smoke into the sky. — Tony Rehagen, BostonGlobe.com, "A Holocaust survivor built a remarkable monument to hope and memory. Now that she’s gone, who will remind us?," 16 Aug. 2019

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“Crematorium.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crematorium. Accessed 24 January 2020.