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bones, cadaver, carcass, corpus, corse [archaic], relics, remains, stiff
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Poor Principal Featherhead is never seen alive again, and days later his blue-lipped corpse is found stuffed into a cupboard in the hallway. — Emma Dibdin, Harper's BAZAAR, "Let's Talk About Tonight's Very Special Flashback Episode of Riverdale," 8 Nov. 2018 After touching the corpse, one of the youths became infected and died. — Cara Anna, The Seattle Times, "Health workers in Congo’s Ebola outbreak attacked weekly," 22 Oct. 2018 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is confirming that Johnson’s family has asked for and received permission to dig up his corpse on Friday to perform another autopsy. — Paula Rogo, Essence.com, "Family Of Kendrick Johnson, Teen Who Was Found Dead In Gym Mat, Plan To Exhume His Body A Second Time," 22 June 2018 Wanting to kick your dead rapist’s corpse makes sense. — Rena Gross, Billboard, "14 Significant Moments From 'The Handmaid's Tale' Season 2, Episode 10 'The Last Ceremony'," 20 June 2018 He was also charged with abusing a corpse, jail records show. — David J. Neal And Carli Teproff, miamiherald, "He's charged with murdering his pregnant wife and suspected of killing her father," 12 June 2018 Season 6, like its predecessors, begins with the discovery of a corpse, this time missing head, hands and feet. — Mike Hale, New York Times, "The TV Binges of Summer, From Jack Ryan to ‘Better Call Saul’," 1 June 2018 Grate had faced 23 charges in the case but last week pleaded guilty to 15 of the lesser counts, including robbery, rape and abuse of a corpse, PEOPLE confirms. — Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, "Ex of Suspected Serial Killer Shawn Grate Recounts Harrowing Moment: I'd 'Never Felt Fear Like That Before'," 24 May 2018 The 16-year-old, Brett Boettler, is charged as an adult with one count each of first-degree murder and second-degree murder, desecration of a corpse, unlawful removal of a body and for having a gun after he had been convicted as a juvenile. — Crimesider Staff, CBS News, "Remains of 2 men found dismembered, chained to cinder blocks in pond," 7 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'corpse.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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English Language Learners Definition of corpse
: a dead body
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