carrions

plural of carrion

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Noun
  • The vengeful, eponymous matriarch, played by German actress Maja Tervooren (Maren Eggert), has killed her children and attempts to present their bloodied corpses to her husband Jason, embodied fiercely by French-Senegalese star Nourou Cissokho (Jean-Christophe Folly).
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Brady’s troop of photographers appear to have sometimes moved corpses to compose a better shot.
    Louis Menand, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Do not even think of bringing home any carcasses.
    Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Deer carcasses and parts should go directly to a landfill or be disposed of through your regular bagged trash pickup.
    Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • These relics may contain explosives like TNT, chemical remnants, and even nuclear material.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
  • While the 1972 London Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution put an end to the legal dumping of unused explosive munitions in the sea, these relics now provide a rich area of study for marine biologists, offering a real-world look at how animals adapt to habitat disturbances.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Carrions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carrions. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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