Collocations for corpse - noun
ADJECTIVE
human
naked
bloody, charred, headless, mangled, mutilated
decaying, rotting
bloated
dead, lifeless
mummified
living, walking
For over a year he lay in his hospital bed, a living corpse.
naked
bloody, charred, headless, mangled, mutilated
decaying, rotting
bloated
dead, lifeless
mummified
living, walking
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.
discover,
find
embalm
dismember, mutilate
embalm
dismember, mutilate
PHRASES
be littered with corpses,
be strewn with corpses
The ground was littered with the corpses of enemy soldiers.
The ground was littered with the corpses of enemy soldiers.