cremate

Verb

Meaning

To burn; to reduce to ashes by the action of fire, either directly or in an oven or retort; to incremate or incinerate; as, to cremate a corpse, instead of burying it.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

cook kindle light fire char burn consume ignite torch blaze incineration incinerate sear scorch smolder
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Antonyms

inter employ bury extinguish stifle smother
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Hypernyms

fire burn burn down

Related terms

crematorium cremation

Anagrams

ceramet McAteer meercat

Examples

Cremate a corpse Source: Internet

After his death, his attendants cremate his body and erect a tower on a headland in his memory. Source: Internet

Amid rumours connected to the swirling in Punjab, a team of health workers was threatened with immolation as they tried to cremate body of a patient at Moga’s Kokri Buttran village in Kot Isey Khan. Source: Internet

Embassy officials underscored the importance of places of worship for all faiths regardless of their registration status, and relayed concerns of the Hindu community about their inability to cremate their dead. Source: Internet

A town that dumps its dead animals in a landfill rather than cremate, in the name of saving a few dollars? Source: Internet

She has asked a funeral home run by a friend to cremate Hodgkinson’s body. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

cremaster cremasterial cremasteric cremation cremation chamber cremation specialist