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cremation

noun as in burning

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Mourners turned out across the capital to pay their respects as Singh's coffin, flanked by an honour guard, was taken through the city to the cremation grounds.

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A senior army officer told us his team had recovered seven bodies that day and we watched their mass cremation from a distance.

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She is getting ready to make her own burial shroud because she is concerned about the environmental impact of traditional burials and cremations.

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Scheduled burials and cremations will proceed as normal.

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He explained that after the deed was done, he was told to load the corpse into an oven for cremation, but his hands were shaking and he was unable to walk unaided.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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