cremating
present participle ofcremate
cremate
verb[T]
uk/krɪˈmeɪt/us/ˈkriː.meɪt/toburnadeadperson'sbody, usually aspartof afuneralceremony
Burying, cremating and preserving bodies
- bier
- burial
- burial at seaidiom
- bury
- committal
- cremains
- cremation
- cryogenic
- embalmer
- exhumation
- inter
- lay
- mummify
- rebury
- reinter
- reinterment
- sarcophagus
- suttee
- taxidermist
- taxidermy
Examplesofcremating
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
While considering this data, it struck me that there could be some form of conceptual linkage between roasting andcremating, as both transform the animal by direct contact with fire.
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I have had the misfortune to see thecrematingof people in various parts of the world.
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One of the problems was that private sector undertakers were not burying orcrematingpeople as quickly as they should have been, so the numbers built up.
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His wife becomes a nun aftercrematinghis head and body.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The name comes from the custom ofcrematingthe dead and placing their ashes in urns which were then buried in fields.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Obsessed with his duties, he believes he is not justcrematingthe dead, but liberating the souls of the departed.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Crematingvictims is the preferred way of handling body disposal.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He intends to cover up the crash bycrematingthe poacher's dead body.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.During times of persecution, pagan authorities erroneously thought they could destroy the martyrs' hope of resurrection bycrematingtheir remains.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Landlord orders that nobody should touch the dead body and no one should help incrematinghim.
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