as in corpse
a dead body the carcass of a squirrel that had been run over

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Recent Examples of carcass Receding ice during spring thaw can free carcasses to float to the surface or the shoreline. Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 14 Mar. 2025 Prehistoric humans had used the site for roughly 300 years as a place to butcher and process animal carcasses. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2025 Human ancestors were likely inspired to make tools from bone due the abundance of animal carcasses available across the landscape, especially during seasonal migrations, Njau said, while rocks may have been harder to come by depending on where the hominins lived. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Mar. 2025 Russell and Tolstoy did not spare their readers, depicting ghastly scenes replete with torn and bloodied bodies and decomposing animal carcasses. Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for carcass

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“Carcass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carcass. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.

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