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cremate

[kree-meyt] / ˈkri meɪt /
VERB
burn
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The company would cremate the parts of his body that weren't used and return his ashes free of charge.

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2025

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

The Bakalai of Lake Isanga cremate their dead; those of the Upper Ogow� throw the bodies into the river, with the exception of those killed in war.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various




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