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cremate

[kree-meyt] / ˈkri meɪt /
VERB
burn
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Those who opt to bury or cremate on their own pay a funeral home.

From Slate • Oct. 3, 2024

Not wanting to burden her neighbour with Ted's body until the family returned from holiday, Ms Knight organised for Heavenly Pets Crematorium to collect the body and cremate it.

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

In the early days of the Roman power it was customary to cremate the dead, the ashes being preserved in urns that were ranged in cells known as Columbaria, generally hewn in the living rock.

From Architecture by Bell, Nancy R E Meugens




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