corpse

as in carcass
a dead body the startling discovery of a corpse required a call to the police

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Recent Examples of corpse The show, which tells the outlandish true story of an outlaw’s corpse that becomes a celebrity, is set to play the Longacre Theatre starting April 12, with an opening night April 27. Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2024 Some of the corpses were injected with preservatives and assigned to medical students. Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2024 In any event, don’t expect the faithful to believe anything the government says unless someone lays an alien corpse down in front of photographers. Makena Kelly, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2024 The only charge that stuck pertained to Gallagher posing for photographs with the prisoner’s corpse. Longreads, 18 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for corpse 

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“Corpse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corpse. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

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