cremate
Example Sentences
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The Chinese government is set to ban people from storing the cremated remains of their loved ones in empty apartments instead of paying for expensive cemetery plots.
From BBC
Martínez had the man’s body cremated, and stored the ashes in a wooden niche in the shelter’s small chapel.
From Los Angeles Times
He also said a nurse had attempted to persuade him to have his mother's body cremated, which he said was "not in a nurse's remit".
From BBC
Officials said on Monday that they had cremated and buried the remains of the tigers.
From BBC
She places stones in a woven bag from Peru on her daughter’s body before it is cremated.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
