cremateverb [ T ]
uk/krɪˈmeɪt/us/ˈkriː.meɪt/to burn a dead person's body, usually as part of a funeral ceremony
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Burying, cremating and preserving bodies
- ash
- body bag
- casket
- coffin
- cryonics
- exhume
- ghat
- green burial
- inter
- interment
- lay
- lay sb to rest idiom
- mummify
- mummy
- natural burial
- sarcophagus
- sati
- stuff
- suttee
- taxidermist
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cremation
noun [ C or U ] uk/krɪˈmeɪ.ʃən/us/krɪˈmeɪ.ʃən/
My dad's cremation was a sad affair.