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cremate

[ kree-meyt ]

verb (used with object)

cremated, cremating.
  1. to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
  2. to consume by fire; burn.


cremate

/ krɪˈmeɪt /

verb

  1. tr to burn up (something, esp a corpse) and reduce to ash
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • creˈmation, noun
  • creˈmationism, noun
  • creˈmationist, noun
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Other Words From

  • cre·ma·tion [kri-, mey, -sh, uh, n], noun
  • un·cre·mat·ed adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cremate1

First recorded in 1870–75; from Latin cremātus, past participle of cremāre “to burn to ashes”; -ate 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cremate1

C19: from Latin cremāre
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Example Sentences

There was no funeral and Alison had to be cremated in Switzerland.

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He was cremated and his ashes were buried next to those of his parents and Jamsetji Tata in a cemetery in London - uniting him once again with the Tata clan and their legacy.

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Business leaders, politicians and celebrities were among thousands of people who paid their last respects at the centre where his body lay in state before being cremated.

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The official death certificate also found Amos was cremated nine days after his passing.

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Hannah said one of the rooms they used was where a pallbearer would "lower the coffins down before they would be cremated... obviously they don’t use it any more".

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