What does cremate mean?
Cremate means (transitive) To burn something to ashes..
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/ˈkɹimeɪt/ · verb
(transitive) To burn something to ashes..
I want to be cremated when I die.
“You didn’t bury Dad. You burned him.” “We cremated him, Benny. For humans, the word is cremated. And we chose to do that because that’s what they do in Japan.”
Use cremate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cremate means (transitive) To burn something to ashes..
Common synonyms include burn away, cinder, burn, burn down.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I want to be cremated when I die.
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