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cremation

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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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cremation - the incineration of a dead body
incineration - the act of burning something completely; reducing it to ashes
Translations
cremation [krɪˈmeɪʃən] Ncremación f, incineración f
cremation [krɪˈmeɪʃən] nincinération f
cremation
nEinäscherung f, → Kremation f
cremation [krɪˈmeɪʃn] ncremazione f
cremation [krɪˈmeɪʃn] ncremazione f


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He has reduced the body to ashes by his own system of cremation, with the exception of the head--'
With a stride he was at the table and with a sweep of his hand sent the lamp crashing into the fat belly of the general who, in his mad effort to escape cremation, fell over backward, chair and all, upon the floor.
 
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