corses

noun

plural of corse, archaic
as in corpses
a dead body would have to inter the corse of many a fallen comrade before the war's end

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  1. corpses
  2. carcasses
Noun
  • And just over a year after that, the Morgans landed back in the news after authorities found 56 decomposing corpses inside another one of their businesses, South Deering’s South Chicago Chapel.
    — Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Gein murdered at least two women, as well as illegally exhumed and mutilated multiple corpses, in the 1940s and 1950s.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of corpses
Noun
  • Though researchers have observed evidence of humans hunting large megafauna in later periods, the discovery suggests that early humans processed elephant carcasses more systematically.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2026
  • This spring, three blue whale carcasses washed up on the Newfoundland shore, spurring a panic about whale explosions.
    — Naomi Skwarna, hazlitt.net, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of carcasses
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“Corses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corses. Accessed 22 Aug. 2026.

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