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cremate

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cre·mate  (krmt, kr-mt)
tr.v. cre·mat·ed, cre·mat·ing, cre·mates
To incinerate (a corpse).

[Latin cremre, cremt-; see ker-3 in Indo-European roots.]

cre·mation (kr-mshn) n.
cremator n.

cremate [krɪˈmeɪt]
vb
(tr) to burn up (something, esp a corpse) and reduce to ash
[from Latin cremāre]
cremation  n
cremationism  n
cremationist  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.cremate - reduce to ashes; "Cremate a corpse"
burn, burn down, fire - destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries"
Translations
cremate [krɪˈmeɪt] VTincinerar

cremate [krɪˈmeɪt] vtincinérer

cremate
vteinäschern, kremieren (rare)

cremate [krɪˈmeɪt] vtcremare
cremate [krɪˈmeɪt] vtcremare

cremate
v cremate [kriˈmeit, ˈkriːmeit]
to burn dead (human) bodies He asked to be cremated, not buried. veras, verbrand, kremeer يَحْرِق جُثّـة ميِّتـه кремирам zpopelnit kremere; brænde einäschern αποτεφρώνω incinerar tuhastama سوزاندن جسد انسان polttaa incinérer לִשרוֹף גוּפוֹת शव जलाना kremirati (el)hamvaszt membakar, mengabukan brenna cremare 火葬にする 화장하다 kremuoti kremēt dikebumikan cremeren kremere kremować cremar a incinera кремировать spopolniť upepeliti kremirati kremera เผาศพ yakmak 焚化 спалювати тіло померлого لاش جلانا hỏa thiêu
n creˈmation
verassing, lykverbranding, kremasie إحْراق جُثَّة ميـتـه кремация kremace, zpopelnění kremering; brænding die Einäscherung αποτέφρωση incineración tuhastamine مرده سوزی polttohautaus incinération שׂרֵיפָת גוּפוֹת दाह-संस्कार kremacija elhamvasztás pembakaran, perabuan líkbrennsla cremazione 火葬 화장 kremacija kremācija pengebumian crematie kremering, kremasjon, likbrenning kremacja cremação incinerare кремация kremácia upepelitev kremacija kremering การเผาศพ ölüyü yakma 火葬 кремація sự hỏa táng
n crematorium [kreməˈtoːriəm]
a place where cremation is carried out. krematorium مُحْرقـه، فُرن إحراق الجُثَث крематориум krematorium krematorium das Krematorium κρεματόριο crematorio krematoorium مکانی برای مرده سوزی krematorio crématorium מִשרָפָה शवदाह गृह krematorij krematórium krematorium, rumah abu líkbrennsluhús, bálstofa crematorio 火葬場 화장터 krematoriumas krematorija tempat pengebumian crematorium krematorium krematorium crematório crematoriu крематорий krematórium krematorij krematorijum krematorium เมรุ ölü yakma yeri 火葬場 крематорій chỗ hỏa táng


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