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cremate

[kree-meyt] / ˈkri meɪt /
VERB
burn
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Wellman, owner of Sorrento Valley Pet Cemetery, stepped in to offer to cremate the remaining bodies, and says Angel Paws’ operation was “disorganized and unprofessional.”

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 5, 2025

Their families then get to decide if they want to cremate or bury them, with the funeral costs covered by the university.

From BBC Oct. 11, 2025

The bill was so expensive she could not afford to cremate Ozzie after the cat died - so instead she brought her home and buried her in the back garden.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2025

Those who opt to bury or cremate on their own pay a funeral home.

From Slate Oct. 3, 2024

Any words coming with a brave rush are able to scatter to the winds the strongest facts; but big words—as all our great orators know—knock them at once on the head and cremate them.

From Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)

Not to worry, he said, promising to put his new cremates to work: “We’ll catch up next weekend.”

From Washington Post May 31, 2020

It’s July 29, 1981, when Patrick cremates his mother—the day, as it happens, that Prince Charles marries Lady Diana Spencer.

From The New Yorker Jun. 22, 2018

Nowadays, if you die in Pierce County and you fall into two categories - both indigent and unclaimed - the county cremates your body and disposes of your remains.

From Washington Times Sep. 3, 2016

The administrator’s office cremates unidentified migrants instead of burying them — a switch that saves the county roughly $860 a person, said Rosie Blankenship, assistant public administrator for Imperial County.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2016

A woman always embalms the corpse of a dead love; a man wisely cremates it, and plants a new love in the ashes.

From A Guide to Men Being Encore Reflections of a Bachelor Girl by Rowland, Helen

Authorities were tipped off to the crimes after one of the dog owners told authorities that they received a message from the trainer saying their dog had died in its sleep and was cremated.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

Grecia's body, located Thursday, was taken by her father to be cremated in Caracas, while Víctor awaited the remains of his nephews and brother-in-law.

From Barron's Jul. 4, 2026

Most people studied in Central Germany, including both cremated and non cremated individuals, appeared to be local to the area where they were buried.

From Science Daily May 19, 2026

Those families had been told by Bush their relatives had been cremated.

From BBC Apr. 2, 2026

Nobody except beggars, derelicts and the police-custody dead were cremated there.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

The family has also said Mexican authorities and funeral home representatives have repeatedly suggested cremating Blair’s remains.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 19, 2023

Several political parties in the country’s Congress have expressed support for cremating his remains, and analysts expect lawmakers to approve the bill.

From Washington Post Sep. 16, 2021

Workers in New Delhi on Tuesday building new platforms for cremating bodies, as the coronavirus takes an increasing toll on the country.Credit...

From New York Times Apr. 28, 2021

The victim's family accused local police of cremating her body without their consent, although the authorities denied this.

From BBC Dec. 18, 2020

Her son sought the assistance of certain men of the “Reddika” caste in obtaining wood for the pyre, carrying the corpse to the burning-ground, and cremating it.

From Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Thurston, Edgar




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