When someone is cremated, their dead body is burned, usually as part of a funeral service. She wants Chris to be cremated. + cremation cremations cre·ma·tion At Miss Garbo's request there was a cremation after a private ceremony Half of California's deceased opt for cremation. to burn the body of a dead person at a funeral ceremony (past participle of cremare )
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
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/ˈkrēmātəd/ /ˈkriːmeɪtɪd/
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[ 'krE-"mAt, kri-' ] (transitive verb.) 1874. Latin crematus, past participle of cremare to burn up, cremate.