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

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Recent Examples of carcass Large winged shadows crossed our paths, cast by vultures hunting for carcasses. Benji Jones, Vox, 21 May 2025 Footage shows hikers thrashing through swarms of thumbnail-sized bugs, with one person engulfed by the black-winged creatures and another scooping thousands of tiny carcasses from the trail. Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 4 July 2025 In a recent public hearing, Colorado Parks and Wildlife staff confirmed that 15 livestock losses formed the basis of a large compensation claim, but didn’t clarify how many occurred before the producer implemented basic deterrents, like burying an open carcass pit. Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 3 July 2025 In every direction, the trees were scattered like carcasses in a slasher film, covering nearly every square inch of the holler below. Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 20 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for carcass
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corpse
Noun
  • Mohn was arrested hours after the killing and charged with first-degree murder, abuse of a corpse and possession of an instrument of crime.
    Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 10 July 2025
  • Prosecutors, however, painted a different picture of the defendant, who’s been charged with first-degree murder, abuse of a corpse and other offenses for the January 2024 killing of 68-year-old Michael F. Mohn in the family’s Levittown home.
    Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 8 July 2025

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“Carcass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carcass. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.

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