cremate

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Recent Examples of cremate The unusual discovery is shedding light on the complex nature of largely unknown funerary practices of African hunter-gatherers — and raises the question of why such effort was made to cremate only one person. Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 6 Jan. 2026 Their investigation leads them to Dayal (Soubin Shahir) and Simon (Nagarjuna), members of a crime syndicate using one of Rajasekar's inventions — a chair-like contraption with the ability to cremate bodies — for their own nefarious purposes. Randall Colburn, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025 The lawsuit by Ayelli’s parents included a screenshot of an email from a Holy Sepulchre crematory manager, which asked Ayelli’s parents to sign off on paperwork allowing the funeral home to cremate the body themselves. Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2025 That means the bodies weren’t treated or stored properly, with the funeral home failing to embalm, refrigerate, cremate, bury or entomb the remains within 24 hours of taking custody, according to the suspension documents. Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 21 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cremate
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Verb
  • According to the intelligence memorandum, the central headquarters at Fuerte Tiuna was destroyed in precision bombing, incinerating hardware and killing dozens of Cuban technical personnel.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Video shows firefighters battling the flames shooting up out of the ground, incinerating nearby cars.
    Elijah Westbrook, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Extreme weather filled the headlines and the social media feeds all year, up to nearly the end as parts of Southern California — where fire had turned neighborhoods to ash in January — drowned in atmospheric rivers of rain.
    Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 29 Dec. 2025
  • The ambush is delivered courtesy of the Mangkwan Clan, a cult of kamikaze hedonists who rejected Eywa after a volcano reduced their corner of Pandora to ash, but the RDA is happy to seize on the chaos and launch their final attack on the Metkayina’s oceanic stronghold.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Surveillance footage reviewed by police showed the man holding a flammable item, igniting the fire and kicking the item towards the victim.
    Tim Fang, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Still, Meek’s traditionalist impulses often ignite his best songs.
    Dean Van Nguyen, Pitchfork, 27 Feb. 2026

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“Cremate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cremate. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.

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