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Recent Examples of corpses
But that one rampaging invader unleashes enough destruction and mayhem for a whole army, hurling cars and trucks and motorcycles through the air like toys, tearing though buildings as if they were made of cardboard, and leaving the streets littered with bloodied corpses.
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026
The lowly maggot gets a bad rap, mostly known for feeding on corpses and rotting meat.
—Mustafa Fattah, NBC news, 17 May 2026
Where does Beulah’s family ditch corpses?
—William Earl, Variety, 15 May 2026
Five roach corpses were in a storage area next to the kitchen.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026
The street in front of her building was littered with rubble and corpses.
—James Verini, The Atlantic, 12 May 2026
They'd be heralded not by rippling explosions or flash frozen corpses floating against a tapestry of stars, but instead by oxygen, almost imperceptibly slipping away or radiation slowly accumulating in our cells over years.
—Alan Bradley, Space.com, 8 May 2026
His body languished for years inside the room-temperature building in Penrose with other corpses before their discovery.
—ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
The book is strewn with bloody corpses.
—Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026
The lowly maggot gets a bad rap, mostly known for feeding on corpses and rotting meat.
—Mustafa Fattah, NBC news, 17 May 2026
Where does Beulah’s family ditch corpses?
—William Earl, Variety, 15 May 2026
Five roach corpses were in a storage area next to the kitchen.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026
The street in front of her building was littered with rubble and corpses.
—James Verini, The Atlantic, 12 May 2026
They'd be heralded not by rippling explosions or flash frozen corpses floating against a tapestry of stars, but instead by oxygen, almost imperceptibly slipping away or radiation slowly accumulating in our cells over years.
—Alan Bradley, Space.com, 8 May 2026
His body languished for years inside the room-temperature building in Penrose with other corpses before their discovery.
—ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
The book is strewn with bloody corpses.
—Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for corpses
carcasses
Noun
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Almost a dozen goat carcasses lie nearby.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 May 2026
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While not yet similar event occurred just two years ago in Australia during a marine heat wave, when researchers estimated more than 600,000 seabirds died, with most never recorded in beach counts because carcasses often never reach shore.—
Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Corpses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corpses. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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