Definition of corpsenext
as in carcass
a dead body the startling discovery of a corpse required a call to the police

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Recent Examples of corpse Sugar is at the forensic lab with the corpse of a man who looks an awful lot like Ji Moon but isn’t Ji Moon (courtesy of Shea Whigham as Tom Flybjerg). Andy Andersen, Vulture, 27 June 2026 The corpse was shipped to Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine, which will administer a necropsy to determine the cause of death. Andrea Sachs The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 28 June 2026 The family project is interrupted by the appearance of a corpse – that of an annoying neighbor (played by John Carroll Lynch) with a habit of buzzing his woodchipper in the middle of the family’s filmmaking efforts. Matthew Carey, Deadline, 17 June 2026 There's the Battle of the Gullet in the premiere, and then everything that comes next — from Rhaenyra unloading her grief before the corpse of her eldest son to her taking the Iron Throne at King's Landing to become Westeros' new queen. Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 29 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for corpse
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Noun
  • Nearby Elephant Butte Lake, a draw for outdoorsy tourists, is so severely drought-depleted that sunbaked fish carcasses line its shores.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
  • Tick Free Martha’s Vineyard plans to build a processing facility for the carcasses; the meat, most of it donated to a local food pantry, is in high demand.
    Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • Authorities searched extensively for Delphine’s remains, deploying drones, cadaver dogs, divers and search teams, but her body was never found.
    Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026
  • Battalion Chief Michael Hopkins said Thursday that the department had shared the information about the cadaver dog with the lead investigators before leaving the scene after the fire.
    Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • Peter once ruled the small principality, and the saints’ relics rest there.
    Diana Dukhanova, The Conversation, 6 July 2026
  • But preservationists wonder how many of the remaining relics of Orlando’s past will remain standing.
    Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2026

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“Corpse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corpse. Accessed 9 Jul. 2026.

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