as in to incinerate
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Recent Examples of cremate
Wendt reportedly died peacefully in his sleep at his home, and cremated eight days later.
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Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 5 June 2025
During the first months of COVID, Green-Wood put ten caskets in the ground and cremated twenty bodies every day.
—Paige Williams, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
The legendary rapper was quickly cremated, which his mother was a proponent of, but Knight stated that Pac had different plans for his funeral.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 1 July 2025
Wilson was cremated and buried at a cemetery in the Westwood neighborhood, home to UCLA.
—Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 30 June 2025
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Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 5 June 2025
During the first months of COVID, Green-Wood put ten caskets in the ground and cremated twenty bodies every day.
—Paige Williams, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
The legendary rapper was quickly cremated, which his mother was a proponent of, but Knight stated that Pac had different plans for his funeral.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 1 July 2025
Wilson was cremated and buried at a cemetery in the Westwood neighborhood, home to UCLA.
—Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 30 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cremate
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In January, Katie Clark’s one-bedroom rental of more than 15 years, and nearly everything inside, was incinerated by Los Angeles County’s Eaton fire, one of the most destructive wildfires in California history.—
Jeremy Lindenfeld,
ProPublica,
9 July 2025
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When conditions are exceedingly dry and the heat generated by a wildfire reaches a certain point, every plant species will incinerate.—
Joshua Siskin,
Orange County Register,
22 Mar. 2025
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The 2025 Los Angeles wildfires reduced more than 15,000 structures to ash in a matter of days.—
Santina Contreras,
The Conversation,
2 Apr. 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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But there is a wider discontent among the MAGA base that the president must contend with as well, according to experts, who point out how parts of the populist movement that ignited his initial candidacy in 2016 and catapulted him back to power last year are beginning to feel alienated.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
12 July 2025
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During the tussle, the suspect was able to ignite the fuel, setting fire to one of the probation officers, the department wrote in a post on Facebook.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 July 2025
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“Cremate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cremate. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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