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

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Recent Examples of carcass But maybe the stink of rotting carcass will overpower our human stink. Helen Whybrow july 7, Literary Hub, 7 July 2025 Evidence suggests that early hominins used simple stone tools to carve smaller slices of meat from animal carcasses as early as 2.5 million years ago. Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 3 July 2025 But for now, anglers are still instructed to report walleye catches outside of Lake Lowell and to provide carcasses to Fish and Game. Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 2 July 2025 There was some hesitation because of restrictions on motorized travel in the Boundary Water Canoe Area, but the man agreed to do the job after the state field men assured him the carcass was just outside the area’s boundary. Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 26 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for carcass
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corpse
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  • Their corpses, reportedly decomposed and mauled by pigs, were not found for another three days, according to a police statement issued at the time.
    Christina Coulter, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • There was one dead roach under the margarita slushee machine, and 20 roach corpses on a sticky trap under a reach-in cooler.
    David J. Neal August 1, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2025

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“Carcass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carcass. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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