cremate
/ˈkɹimeɪt/
verb 2
Collocations
2VERB + CREMATE
allowed
CREMATE + NOUN
wife
Definitions
verb
1
To burn something to ashes.
2
To incinerate a dead body (as an alternative to burial).
I want to be cremated when I die.
“You didn’t bury Dad. You burned him.” “We cremated him, Benny. For humans, the word is cremated. And we chose to do that because that’s what they do in Japan.”
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I want to be cremated when I die.
Wiktionary02
“You didn’t bury Dad. You burned him.” “We cremated him, Benny. For humans, the word is cremated. And we chose to do that because that’s what they do in Japan.”
Wiktionary03
Sami was allowed to cremate his wife.
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