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
Examples of cremate in a Sentence
He wants to be cremated when he dies.
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For the next six months, as some family members were writing to the Health Science Center asking when their relatives’ remains would finally be returned, Nassiri repeatedly failed to cremate the bodies and ship the ashes as promised, emails show.
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Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 11 Dec. 2024
His body went unclaimed, and he was subsequently cremated.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
That wasn’t possible because Guillot Jr.’s remains had been cremated.
—Maria Aguilar Prieto, CNN, 8 Dec. 2024
Not sure what to make of the pile, Cassidy asked a co-worker, who said that it was obviously cremated human remains.
—The Editors, Curbed, 2 Dec. 2024
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Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 11 Dec. 2024
His body went unclaimed, and he was subsequently cremated.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
That wasn’t possible because Guillot Jr.’s remains had been cremated.
—Maria Aguilar Prieto, CNN, 8 Dec. 2024
Not sure what to make of the pile, Cassidy asked a co-worker, who said that it was obviously cremated human remains.
—The Editors, Curbed, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Cremate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cremate. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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cremated; cremating
: to burn (as a dead body) to ashes
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