🔥cremate

Meaning

to burn a dead body to ashes as a funeral rite

to burn the body of a dead person until only ash remains

Example Sentences

According to his wishes, they cremated his body after the funeral.

They decided to cremate their relative according to tradition.

Synonyms

incinerate, burn, reduce to ashes

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incinerate, burn, reduce to ashes

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incinerate, burn, reduce to ashes

Antonyms

bury, inter, entomb

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bury, inter, entomb

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bury, inter

Collocations

cremate body, cremate remains, cremate after death, decision to cremate, cremation ceremony, cremate the body, cremate according to tradition, cremated remains

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cremate body, cremate remains, cremate after death, decision to cremate, cremation ceremony

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cremate the body, cremate according to tradition, cremated remains