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Synonyms for carcase
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kahr-kuh s |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɑr kəs |
Définition of carcase
Origin :- late 13c., from Anglo-French carcois, from or influenced by Old French charcois (Modern French carcasse) "trunk of a body, chest, carcass," and Anglo-Latin carcosium "dead body," all of uncertain origin. Not used of humans after c.1750, except contemptuously. Italian carcassa probably is a French loan word.
- As in carcass/carcase : noun dead body; framework, base structure
- On cutting the carcase open, Johnson found nothing but water in the stomach.
- Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne
- Where the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
- Extract from : « The Little Manx Nation - 1891 » by Hall Caine
- When it floated up it drifted away, and Gobila's people secured the carcase.
- Extract from : « Tales of Unrest » by Joseph Conrad
- Not as yet had her fortune become as a carcase to the birds.
- Extract from : « Is He Popenjoy? » by Anthony Trollope
- Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
- Extract from : « The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Henry Martyn Baird
- He hurried, for the freezing process was going on in his carcase, and he was afraid.
- Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
- Let the dogs loose, Martin, that they may worry the carcase; it will do them good.
- Extract from : « The Settlers in Canada » by Frederick Marryat
- A few minutes after they caught the first one its carcase was flung overboard.
- Extract from : « The Mutiny of the Elsinore » by Jack London
- If my carcase be good for nothing, I hereby make it over to you.
- Extract from : « Hopes and Fears » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- Strike off this Christian's head, and cast his carcase to the fishes!'
- Extract from : « The Boy Crusaders » by John G. Edgar
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