Reduced to ashes (8)

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cremated

'reduced to ashes' is the definition.
('cremate' can be a synonym of 'reduce to ashes')

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for cremated that I've seen before include "Of corpse, burned to ashes" , "Burnt (a body)" , "Erect dam (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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