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Recent Examples of corpses
Most historians believe Gunness would first poison her suitors, then finish them with an ax or by bludgeoning — afterward dismembering the corpses and burying what remained.
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Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
Eight corpses were on the floor of kitchen dry storage.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
Researchers analyzed four corpses that are held in the Colombian Institute of Anthropology and History's (ICANH) collection.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Koch was never convicted of mutilating the corpses of the people who were murdered in Buchenwald; though some gruesome items were discovered there, there was no proof that they were connected to her.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
Gein only admitted to the killing of two women, Worden and Mary Hogan, and stealing corpses from graves.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 6 Oct. 2025
In the world of Monster, a person who takes lives and desecrates corpses might someday be capable of redemption.
—Judy Berman, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
Ed Gein, who became infamous for crimes committed in rural Plainfield, Wisconsin, admitted to the killing of two women and stealing corpses from graves.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
His digits, his body, his very skin remind him of Nazis, and of American troops posing with the corpses of Vietnamese victims.
—Rebecca Van Laer
september 30, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
Eight corpses were on the floor of kitchen dry storage.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
Researchers analyzed four corpses that are held in the Colombian Institute of Anthropology and History's (ICANH) collection.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Koch was never convicted of mutilating the corpses of the people who were murdered in Buchenwald; though some gruesome items were discovered there, there was no proof that they were connected to her.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
Gein only admitted to the killing of two women, Worden and Mary Hogan, and stealing corpses from graves.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 6 Oct. 2025
In the world of Monster, a person who takes lives and desecrates corpses might someday be capable of redemption.
—Judy Berman, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
Ed Gein, who became infamous for crimes committed in rural Plainfield, Wisconsin, admitted to the killing of two women and stealing corpses from graves.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
His digits, his body, his very skin remind him of Nazis, and of American troops posing with the corpses of Vietnamese victims.
—Rebecca Van Laer
september 30, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for corpses
carcasses
Noun
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Do not even think of bringing home any carcasses.—
Inga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Sep. 2025
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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
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“Corpses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corpses. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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