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cremate

cre·mate

cremate

 
pronunciation:
kri meIt
part of speech: transitive verb
inflections: cremates, cremating, cremated
definition: to burn to ashes, especially the body of a person who has died.
Some people are buried after they die, and other people are cremated.
derivation: cremator (n.)