0 present participle of cremate
1 to burn a dead person's body, usually as part of a funeral ceremony
While considering this data, it struck me that there could be some form of conceptual linkage between roasting and cremating, as both transform the animal by direct contact with fire.
I have had the misfortune to see the cremating of people in various parts of the world.
One of the problems was that private sector undertakers were not burying or cremating people as quickly as they should have been, so the numbers built up.
His wife becomes a nun after cremating his head and body.
The name comes from the custom of cremating the dead and placing their ashes in urns which were then buried in fields.
Obsessed with his duties, he believes he is not just cremating the dead, but liberating the souls of the departed.
Cremating victims is the preferred way of handling body disposal.
He intends to cover up the crash by cremating the poacher's dead body.
