carcase
Americannoun
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In a powerful speech, she said the "burnt carcase" of Grenfell Tower had revealed the "true face of Kensington" - poverty, malnutrition and a lack of care.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2017
Statistics from Defra show that household purchases of pork, beef, mutton and lamb carcase meat have halved since the late 70s.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 13, 2013
They looked in wonder at the carcase of the fell beast that lay there; and their steeds would not go near.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
They could not from a distance make out what it was, but on coming near they knew that it was the carcase of the terrible Rakshasi, who had by her voracity nearly depopulated the country.
From Folk-Tales of Bengal by Lal Behari Day
What is there in human nature so glorious as the humanity of Christ, and what is esteemed more foul in human nature than the carcase of the leper, with tumours, and ulcers, and reeking stench?
From The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. by Abbot of Eynsham Aelfric
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