as in to incinerate
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Recent Examples of cremate
In the video, Gene's daughter, who TMZ identified as Elizabeth, told the officer to cremate the dead dog and bury her remains with Arakawa.
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Janelle Ash, Fox News, 22 Mar. 2025
Mahdi's body was cremated, preventing a second autopsy, Weiss said.
—CBS News, 8 May 2025
Lee said the remains of dead North Korean soldiers were cremated in Kursk before being shipped back home.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Of Père-Lachaise's 3,000 new occupants per year, nearly 2,000 are cremated in the cemetery's crematorium.
—Heller McAlpin, NPR, 28 Apr. 2025
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Janelle Ash, Fox News, 22 Mar. 2025
Mahdi's body was cremated, preventing a second autopsy, Weiss said.
—CBS News, 8 May 2025
Lee said the remains of dead North Korean soldiers were cremated in Kursk before being shipped back home.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Of Père-Lachaise's 3,000 new occupants per year, nearly 2,000 are cremated in the cemetery's crematorium.
—Heller McAlpin, NPR, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cremate
Verb
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But Walker’s shop was reduced to rubble, the merchandise incinerated by the inferno.—
Matt Hamilton,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2025
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Of course, being Final Destination, the operation goes horribly wrong: The laser becomes super-charged and begins incinerating her eyeball.—
Keith Langston,
People.com,
18 May 2025
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The 2025 Los Angeles wildfires reduced more than 15,000 structures to ash in a matter of days.—
Santina Contreras,
The Conversation,
2 Apr. 2025
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Other ways to reuse the tree include: Burning the wood to ash your garden. Making firewood.—
Kaycee Sloan,
The Enquirer,
23 Dec. 2024
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In the beginning, Salzer said the trio’s friendship spark was ignited by their love of their grandmother’s jewelry.—
Alexandra Pastore,
Footwear News,
5 June 2025
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Gold fund inflows hit three-year peaks in April as market interest in safe-haven assets ignited.—
Royston Wild,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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“Cremate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cremate. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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