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

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Recent Examples of carcass The carcass was transported to a lab in Russellville for a necropsy, and its brain was sent to the state health department for rabies testing. Kris Millgate, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025 The years slowly moved away from us, its silence uncanny, but the smell of carcasses was unfathomable. Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025 Once, a meat processor asked about plugs to keep entrails from sheep carcasses from spilling onto production lines. Jia H. Jung, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025 Where the carcasses would end up after the rodeo was a subject of some mystery, on account of the Audubon Zoo fiasco of 2021. Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for carcass
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corpse
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  • Michael Weser faces two counts of capital murder and charges of abuse of a corpse and arson in the killings of Denise Rhodes and Robyn DeSort, whose remains authorities found Sunday on land close to Weser's home, the release states.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Their investigation leads them to the rotting corpse of their old neighbor Patty Metzger (a great name for a character whose moniker will hang over the rest of the film), who disappeared years ago.
    Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2025

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“Carcass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carcass. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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