Thesaurus results for CARCASS

carcass

noun

ˈkär-kəs

Definition of carcass next

as in corpse

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

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Recent Examples of carcass Anacapa Island, for instance, has no services aside from some primitive campsites, a lighthouse and limited hiking options, but is also a major seabird rookery from April to August, which translates to lots of bird poop, noise, bird carcasses and territorial bird behavior. —

Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2026 New York has implemented a strict policy that no deer carcasses can be brought into the state, despite whether it was shot in a chronic wasting disease positive state or not. —

Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026 The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that three lifeguards on personal watercraft pulled the whale carcass away from the beach. —

Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026 The carcass belonged to a traveler from Cameroon, who packaged the primate in luggage. —

Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for carcass

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corpse

Noun

They'd be heralded not by rippling explosions or flash frozen corpses floating against a tapestry of stars, but instead by oxygen, almost imperceptibly slipping away or radiation slowly accumulating in our cells over years.

— Alan Bradley, Space.com, 8 May 2026
Of the three roach corpses in the kitchen, one roach died on top of a metal tray inside the three-compartment sink.

— David J. Neal May 8, Miami Herald, 8 May 2026