cremate

verb

1. reduce to ashes

   verb.change

   Examples

   Cremate a corpse.

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. To burn; to reduce to ashes by the action of fire, either directly or in an oven or retort; to incremate or incinerate; as, to <i>cremate</i> a corpse, instead of burying it.

   verb

   Source: webster1913