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cremate

[kree-meyt] / ˈkri meɪt /
VERB
burn
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The Patel family waited another month before they could cremate her remains, postponing Ashok's last rites so they could be done together.

From BBC Jun. 11, 2026

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 are we going to reform this and to cremate our dead, so that we may go to church in safety and with no fear of detriment to our physical well-being? 

From Crying for the Light, Vol. 3 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)

Not to worry, he said, promising to put his new cremates to work: “We’ll catch up next weekend.”

From Washington Post May 31, 2020

It’s July 29, 1981, when Patrick cremates his mother—the day, as it happens, that Prince Charles marries Lady Diana Spencer.

From The New Yorker Jun. 22, 2018

Nowadays, if you die in Pierce County and you fall into two categories - both indigent and unclaimed - the county cremates your body and disposes of your remains.

From Washington Times Sep. 3, 2016

The administrator’s office cremates unidentified migrants instead of burying them — a switch that saves the county roughly $860 a person, said Rosie Blankenship, assistant public administrator for Imperial County.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2016

A woman always embalms the corpse of a dead love; a man wisely cremates it, and plants a new love in the ashes.

From A Guide to Men Being Encore Reflections of a Bachelor Girl by Rowland, Helen

They cremated their dead, spoke the Germanic ancestors of Old English and were pagans.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

Grecia's body, located Thursday, was taken by her father to be cremated in Caracas, while Víctor awaited the remains of his nephews and brother-in-law.

From Barron's Jul. 4, 2026

They also analyzed cremated remains from sites in Central Germany, including Kuckenburg and Esperstedt, which were excavated by the State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology Saxony-Anhalt.

From Science Daily May 19, 2026

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 Mar. 31, 2026

Westing was already embalmed; tomorrow he would be cremated.

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin

When the child died, it is alleged they initially thought of cremating the body in the back garden of their home before contacting a funeral director.

From BBC Sep. 30, 2025

And when we’re dealing with a liminal state of pregnancy and loss, everything gets more complicated because you’re not burying or cremating a fully grown human.

From Slate Oct. 3, 2024

The family has also said Mexican authorities and funeral home representatives have repeatedly suggested cremating Blair’s remains.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 19, 2023

Officials also recommended sealing corpses in impermeable bags and cremating them within 24 hours.

From New York Times Dec. 15, 2022

The charring has taken place in cremating the dead, in the burning of offerings or through accidental subjection to heat.

From Prehistoric Textile Art of Eastern United States Thirteenth Annual Report of the Beaurau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1891-1892, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1896 pages 3-46 by Holmes, William Henry




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