cremate body
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to burn a dead person's body, especially as part of a funeral ceremony
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- Many cultures choose to cremate a body rather than bury it.
- After the service, they cremated his body according to his last wishes.
- The family has decided to cremate the body and scatter the ashes at sea.
- It is a legal requirement to obtain a certificate before you can cremate a body.
- In some religions, it is forbidden to cremate a body.
- The process of cremating the body took several hours.
- Historically, ancient Greeks would cremate the bodies of fallen soldiers on a pyre.
- How soon after death can one legally cremate a body?
- The funeral home will handle all the arrangements to cremate the body.
- The body was cremated in a private ceremony attended only by close family.