Thesaurus results for CARCASS

carcass

noun

ˈkär-kəs

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as in corpse

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

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Recent Examples of carcass In 2015, divers sent her these photos of smaller shark carcasses on the sea floor with mysterious incisions in them. —

Michael H Gavshon, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026 The image, captured by Roie Galitz, a winner in the Europe category, shows a female polar bear feeding on the carcass of a sperm whale north of the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard. —

New Atlas, 12 Apr. 2026 Tossing the carcass is like throwing away free groceries. —

Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2026 All of the carcasses that washed ashore had been skinned, Cole said, with some missing their front paws. —

Francie Ebert, NBC news, 3 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for carcass

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corpse

Noun

The plots of these shows usually center on a murder, which occurs not so much to end a human life as to inconvenience our star, who must postpone a brunch or a media event to conceal an inconvenient corpse.

— Libby Gelman-Waxner, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2026
Gerlach is facing nearly 500 charges — including burglary, abuse of a corpse and desecration of monuments — tied to a disturbing investigation at Mount Moriah Cemetery near Philadelphia, the outlet reported.

— Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026