to cremate
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5.1
- verb
- /ˈkriːmeɪt/
:
cremar
- In accordance with your father's wishes, he was cremated.
- cremate remains
- cremate human remains
He's like, all I heard was cremate me and spread my ashes on the hill.
- He's like, all I heard was cremate me and spread my ashes on the hill.
- And her mom, when she died, they cremated her.
- And when he does die, eventually he'll be cremated and his ashes thrown into the Caribbean.
- So it's like Jelly, you have to be, you have to be cremated.
- The coffin is where she will lie briefly before she's cremated and she's picked the urn for her ashes, which she says will be her new.
- And then she said, well, you know, we've recovered the body and we're we're having it cremated now and we'd like to know how you would like to get the remains.
- So I'm hoping he clings on for enough time that we can cremate him.
Examples
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I wondered if she knew Alessandro wanted to be cremated and have his ashes spread in the lagoon.
Fiction book (1999) -
Well, she was cremated yesterday.
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No, I think they have to cremate all the bodies.
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We speed up the investigation and we cremate her.
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I just want to know why we had to cremate the bodies.
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But he did ask to be cremated, which was done right away.
Fiction book (1996) -
The agency just decided they were going to cremate him and bury him in an unmarked grave.
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Let us therefore celebrate this occasion by cremating the corpse.
Academic text (2017) -
He was cremated.
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After the ceremony, we decided to cremate our beloved pet to honor its memory.
Synonyms
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7.4
To burn until it turns to ash
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
cremate = cremation (transparent) = crem + ate
The verb's meaning is directly related to the noun 'cremation' and learners who know 'cremation' can readily infer 'cremate'.
Etymology
The word cremate comes from the Latin word cremare, which means 'to burn'. So to cremate a dead body is to burn it and turn it into ashes as part of a funeral.