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carcass

noun

ˈkär-kəs

Definition of carcass

as in corpse

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

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Recent Examples of carcass On Tuesday, state and federal wildlife officials killed an adult sow grizzly that was feeding on a cow carcass about 3 miles from the site of the attack. — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 23 Sep. 2026 Humans should not touch or approach a dead or sick deer, and household animals should be kept away from carcasses, the center advises. — Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026 The hook in one panel evokes Chaïm Soutine, who painted slaughterhouses while keeping kosher, fascinated and horrified by the carnival of carcasses that to others had been normalized. — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 18 Sep. 2026 Because Delta Lake sits in a remote area, wildlife staff tranquilized the bear with a dart and euthanized it at the scene, then flew its carcass out of the backcountry the following morning. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for carcass

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corpse

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Twenty-three-year-old Avia Cantrell is now charged with capital murder, while a man believed to be her boyfriend, 26-year-old Camron Baker, is charged with abuse of a corpse.

— Erin Jones, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
The sheer number of corpses meant that traditional burial ceremonies were forgotten for a time, and mass unmarked grave sites were used outside the city walls.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026

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