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Cremate is an English word with synonyms like burn or fire. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Cremate in a sentence

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Cremate meaning

  1. To burn something to ashes.
  2. To incinerate a dead body (as an alternative to burial).

Synonyms of Cremate

burn fire burn down

Using Cremate

  • The main meaning on this page is: To burn something to ashes. | To incinerate a dead body (as an alternative to burial).
  • Useful related words include: burn, fire, burn down.
  • In the example corpus, cremate often appears in combinations such as: to cremate, cremate the, cremate her.

Context around Cremate

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 8 middle, 9 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Cremate

  • In this selection, "cremate" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 27.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, attendants, body, bhairon and jackie stand out and add context to how "cremate" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include wanted to cremate the body and agree to cremate jackie s. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "cremate" sits close to words such as aaditya, aardman and abbo, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with cremate

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

They agree to cremate Jackie's remains despite Shauna's weak protests. (12 words)

The family is waiting for her brother to reach Bulandshahr from Kota to cremate the body,” said Singh. (18 words)

After his death, his attendants cremate his body and erect a tower on a headland in his memory. (18 words)

Ludwick appeared on the Oxygen show, which followed Holloway’s father and a private investigator as they chased a lead in the case, in which he claimed van der Sloot paid him $1,500 to dig up Holloway’s remains and cremate them. (43 words)

Jane sat up all night with him in St. Stephen's Hospital and left at 9:00 a.m. He died 30 minutes later at the age of 69. Mary wanted to cremate Louis and fly the ashes back to Nairobi. (41 words)

The family was not permitted to cremate the body, in case further forensic examination later proved necessary.sfn The remains were conclusively identified as Bormann's in 1998 when German authorities ordered genetic testing on fragments of the skull. (39 words)

Example sentences (19)

Hill was prosecuted after Porsha's emaciated body – which resembled a "mummified animal" – was taken to a veterinary practice in Hull, where staff were asked to cremate her body, in December last year.

Khachariyawas said the family had wanted to cremate Bhairon Singh ji at Chandpole, and it was on his request that Gehlot Sahab allotted the land for the memorial.

The parents also assert in the lawsuit that staff members told them an autopsy wasn’t necessary and pressured them to cremate the remains.

They agree to cremate Jackie's remains despite Shauna's weak protests.

When the other girls believe she died as a result of those wounds, they attempt to cremate her body.

Several families who hired Return to Nature to cremate their relatives have told The Associated Press that the FBI confirmed their remains were among the decaying bodies.

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.

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.

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However, health authorities took 6 hours to cremate his body as they faced continuous protests from nearby area residents who said cremation at the site would spread infection in the area.

Once a Ger posed the following question: his biological father passed away and his brothers wanted to cremate the body.

Earlier this year, a federal judge the implementation of the state’s fetal burial law, passed in 2017, that would have required abortion providers and hospitals to bury and cremate fetal remains.

Ludwick appeared on the Oxygen show, which followed Holloway’s father and a private investigator as they chased a lead in the case, in which he claimed van der Sloot paid him $1,500 to dig up Holloway’s remains and cremate them.

On Monday, police asked the family to cremate body within 24 hours or police will do so on its own as per law.

The family is waiting for her brother to reach Bulandshahr from Kota to cremate the body,” said Singh.

While the residents of Patrakoti Sahi wanted to cremate the body at a cremation ground, the residents of Dhodrapara were opposing it.

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

Jane sat up all night with him in St. Stephen's Hospital and left at 9:00 a.m. He died 30 minutes later at the age of 69. Mary wanted to cremate Louis and fly the ashes back to Nairobi.

The family was not permitted to cremate the body, in case further forensic examination later proved necessary.sfn The remains were conclusively identified as Bormann's in 1998 when German authorities ordered genetic testing on fragments of the skull.

Upon reaching the Cap Rock section of the park, they attempted to cremate Parsons' corpse by pouring five gallons of gasoline into the open coffin and throwing a lit match inside.

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Common combinations with cremate

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "cremate" in a sentence?
An example: "Hill was prosecuted after Porsha's emaciated body – which resembled a "mummified animal" – was taken to a veterinary practice in Hull, where staff were asked to cremate her body, in December last year." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "cremate" from authentic English texts.
What does "cremate" mean?
Cremate means: To burn something to ashes.
What are synonyms of "cremate"?
Common synonyms of "cremate" include: burn, fire, burn down.
How many example sentences with "cremate" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "cremate", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.