cremate

Example Sentences

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

From Slate • Oct. 3, 2024

"I've paid £130 to cremate someone else's cat," she said.

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2024

Nuñez and his partner, Nejyredth Valasquez, run We Care Pet Cremations, which offers to pick up and cremate pets and return the ashes in Los Angeles, Ventura, San Bernardino, Kern and Orange counties.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2024

When Cheryl Irvin’s 72-year-old husband died at their home near Vancouver from a heart attack Feb. 25, she expected to obtain his death certificate, cremate him and hold a memorial within a week.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 12, 2024

To incinerate is to reduce to ashes; the sense differs little from that of cremate, but it is in less popular use.

From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin