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to burn a dead body, especially as part of a funeral ceremony 焚烧，火化（尸体）；（尤指）火葬 - be cremated
When she dies she wants to be cremated, not buried. 她希望自己死后用火葬而不是土葬。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCremate is used with these nouns as the object:- body
Word Originlate 19th cent. (as cremation): from Latin cremare ‘burn’.- be cremated