Thesaurus results for CARCASS

carcass

noun

ˈkär-kəs

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as in corpse

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

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Recent Examples of carcass Anacapa Island, for instance, has no services aside from some primitive campsites, a lighthouse and limited hiking options, but is also a major seabird rookery from April to August, which translates to lots of bird poop, noise, bird carcasses and territorial bird behavior. —

Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2026 New York has implemented a strict policy that no deer carcasses can be brought into the state, despite whether it was shot in a chronic wasting disease positive state or not. —

Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026 The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that three lifeguards on personal watercraft pulled the whale carcass away from the beach. —

Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026 The carcass belonged to a traveler from Cameroon, who packaged the primate in luggage. —

Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for carcass

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corpse

Noun

This inciting incident gradually links together other dark threads in the building, including a gambling addict attempting to hide a corpse and a woman living alone who is the victim of an assault.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 May 2026
Three days later, the twins were arrested and police searched the Auch Estate for Parsons' corpse, but couldn't find it.

— Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 2 May 2026