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Vinony

cremate

verb

  1. to burn (a dead body) to ashes
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈkɹimeɪt/ / /kɹɪˈmeɪt/ / /kɹəˈmeɪt/

verb

Etymology: First attested in 1889; borrowed from Latin cremātus, perfect passive participle of cremō (“to burn to ashes; to cremate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

  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.””