Definition of "cremate" [cre•mate]

• To incinerate (a corpse). (verb-transitive)

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• "We were asked to believe that when he tried to "cremate" his clone by dumping the dead body down a smokestack back in the mid-70s, he somehow totally failed to notice that the clone was just unconscious instead of dead."
• "I have warned him that if he doesn't decide soon, I'll cremate him."
• "The remains of the soldier had been returned to the family, and they expressed a wish that the military cremate any other remains that were subsequently identified."