as in to incinerate
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Recent Examples of cremate
Waterman claimed the baby -- Valkyrie -- as her own and later took the baby's body to a funeral home to be cremated to conceal her crimes, Kelleher said.
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Tracy Neal, arkansasonline.com, 16 Oct. 2024
Thomann and her baby’s remains were cremated in Athens, Greece, on Friday, Jan. 3, according to another post shared on the CaringBridge website.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 4 Jan. 2025
After the center was finished with his body, his remains were cremated and interred at Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2024
For the next six months, as some family members were writing to the Health Science Center asking when their relatives’ remains would finally be returned, Nassiri repeatedly failed to cremate the bodies and ship the ashes as promised, emails show.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 11 Dec. 2024
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Tracy Neal, arkansasonline.com, 16 Oct. 2024
Thomann and her baby’s remains were cremated in Athens, Greece, on Friday, Jan. 3, according to another post shared on the CaringBridge website.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 4 Jan. 2025
After the center was finished with his body, his remains were cremated and interred at Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2024
For the next six months, as some family members were writing to the Health Science Center asking when their relatives’ remains would finally be returned, Nassiri repeatedly failed to cremate the bodies and ship the ashes as promised, emails show.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 11 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cremate
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Both couples woke to discover the fire incinerated their homes, and those of their neighbors.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
22 Jan. 2025
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In just days, the flames incinerated not only homes but schools, daycares, grocery stores, cafes and workplaces.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN,
21 Jan. 2025
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Other ways to reuse the tree include: Burning the wood to ash your garden. Making firewood.—
Kaycee Sloan,
The Enquirer,
23 Dec. 2024
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Elsewhere in the Kardashian multiverse, Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet went public with their relationship, kissing and cuddling in the VIP section with Chalamet ashing cigarettes into the crowd … have some more respect for both the artistry and Diana Ross’s lungs.—
Vulture,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2023
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What To Know The Border fire ignited on Thursday afternoon and quickly grew to encompass thousands of acres.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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Today’s great photo is from Times photographer Wally Skalij at the scene of the Hughes fire, which ignited Wednesday morning north of Castaic.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Cremate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cremate. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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