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cremate
[ kree-meyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
- to consume by fire; burn.
cremate
/ krɪˈmeɪt /
verb
- tr to burn up (something, esp a corpse) and reduce to ash
Derived Forms
- creˈmation, noun
- creˈmationism, noun
- creˈmationist, noun
Other Words From
- cre·ma·tion [kri-, mey, -sh, uh, n], noun
- un·cre·mat·ed adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of cremate1
Example Sentences
There was no funeral and Alison had to be cremated in Switzerland.
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.
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.
The official death certificate also found Amos was cremated nine days after his passing.
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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