EGAVE

cremate

About 0.07 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To burn something to ashes.
  2. verb To incinerate a dead body (as an alternative to burial).
    I want to be cremated when I die.

Similar words

incinerate lay in ashes burn burn up immolate calcine microincinerate unburn cinder burn to a crisp

Often followed by

the their him them it her a his me

Word family

cremated cremates cremating

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