corpse
noun
a dead body, usually of a human being.
corpses
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pluralof corpse.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Yet even if not by design, “Night of the Living Dead” gave audiences something new, and enduring, to fear: reanimated corpses insatiable in their cannibalistic appetites.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
Another possibility: He could be among the corpses of 1,700 Palestinians — most of them from Gaza — being held by Israel, according to Israeli media reports.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
Burials must be strictly supervised as the virus spreads by contact with bodily fluids, meaning corpses can remain contagious.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
Sometimes known as "Doctor Death", he became famous for developing a technique called plastination, by which fluids and fatty tissue in corpses are replaced by rubber and polymers.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
She hated sweeping their brown, dusty corpses out of her kitchen and off her porch, but she especially hated how they followed her everywhere like a dark little cloud.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
