Collocations for corpse - noun
ADJ.
human | naked | bloody, headless, mutilated | decaying, desiccated, rotting
We passed the desiccated corpse of a brigand hanging on a gibbet.
We passed the desiccated corpse of a brigand hanging on a gibbet.
shrouded | embalmed, mummified | living
For over a year he lay in his hospital bed, a living corpse.
For over a year he lay in his hospital bed, a living corpse.
VERB + CORPSE
lay out
The corpse had been laid out on a marble slab.
The corpse had been laid out on a marble slab.
embalm | butcher, dismember, eviscerate, mutilate
CORPSE + VERB
be sprawled, lie, sprawl
They saw the corpse sprawled on the steps.
They saw the corpse sprawled on the steps.
PHRASES
be littered/strewn with corpses
The ground was littered with the corpses of enemy soldiers.
The ground was littered with the corpses of enemy soldiers.