cremate

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Recent Examples of cremate Wendt reportedly died peacefully in his sleep at his home, and cremated eight days later. 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 See All Example Sentences for cremate
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Verb
  • Much of that waste is incinerated or ends up in a landfill, with only 2 percent of post-consumer textiles in Europe diverted to fiber-to-fiber recycling.
    Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 28 May 2025
  • Nearby cars were incinerated and almost 300 other buildings were damaged or destroyed.
    Alex Gurley, People.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • Other ways to reuse the tree include: Burning the wood to ash your garden. Making firewood.
    Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • In an oxygen-rich environment, the fire will ignite more readily, spread more rapidly and burn at higher temperatures.
    Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 23 July 2025
  • The cover, in which Carpenter is seen kneeling on the ground, one hand extended toward a figure in a suit who’s grabbing her hair, ignited debates online about whether the photo signified female empowerment or empowered the male gaze.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2025

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“Cremate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cremate. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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