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cremate

[kree-meyt] / ˈkri meɪt /
VERB
burn
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Their families then get to decide if they want to cremate or bury them, with the funeral costs covered by the university.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2025

They happen when people die in poverty, alone or without relatives who can afford to cremate or bury them.

From BBC • Jul. 15, 2025

I learned that in August 2023 from a mortician preparing to cremate my mother.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025

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

From Slate • Oct. 3, 2024

The natives in the neighborhood of Portland Bay, in the southwestern part of South Australia, cremate their dead by placing the corpse in a hollow tree and setting fire to it....

From Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions by Nassau, Robert Hamill




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