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A dead body or dead person or people

body

noun

the body of a dead person

corpse

noun

the body of a dead person

remains

noun

the body of a person or animal that has died

cadaver

noun

a dead human body

the deceased

adjective

a dead person or people, especially when the death or deaths were recent

the departed

adjective

a person who is dead, or people who are dead

the dead

adjective

people who are dead

mummy

noun

a dead body that has been treated with special oils and wrapped in long narrow pieces of cloth to prevent it from decaying, especially in ancient Egypt

body count

noun

the number of people killed in a battle or accident, or the process of counting them

stiff

noun

the body of a dead person. This is an offensive way to talk about someone who is dead.

charticle

a news article that consists of a chart … and only has a small amount of text

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the short high sound that a small bird makes

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