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Antonyms for cadaver


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuh-dav-er
Phonetic Transcription : kəˈdæv ər



Definition of cadaver

Origin :
  • c.1500, from Latin cadaver "dead body (of men or animals)," probably from a perfective participle of cadere "to fall, sink, settle down, decline, perish" (see case (n.1)). Cf. Greek ptoma "dead body," literally "a fall" (see ptomaine); poetic English the fallen "those who died in battle."
  • noun dead body
Example sentences :
  • They had taken a cadaver from the refrigerator and stood it in a certain position.
  • Extract from : « The White Desert » by Courtney Ryley Cooper
  • Cremate the cadaver together with the board upon which it is fixed.
  • Extract from : « The Elements of Bacteriological Technique » by John William Henry Eyre
  • "Stand to one side and hold the cadaver's chin, Brion," she said.
  • Extract from : « Planet of the Damned » by Harry Harrison
  • She had caught a rat, killed it, and laid the cadaver in the door.
  • Extract from : « The Goose Man » by Jacob Wassermann
  • Reminded you, perhaps, of the faint odor of a cadaver far off?
  • Extract from : « The Iron Ration » by George Abel Schreiner
  • This had to be done before the cadaver was a cadaver, you see?
  • Extract from : « The Eyes Have It » by James McKimmey
  • I got up and looked at his cadaver a long time, then went to bed again.
  • Extract from : « Twelve Men » by Theodore Dreiser
  • For what seemed to Mary an interminable time, the cadaver clung to the polished steel.
  • Extract from : « Pandemic » by Jesse Franklin Bone
  • "Cussed ef the cadaver o' Bill Budge didn't speak," the first man cried.
  • Extract from : « Fritz to the Front » by Edward L. Wheeler
  • The most unnatural and quite the most despicable being the throwing into the Tiber by Cæsar Borgia the cadaver of his brother.
  • Extract from : « Dumas' Paris » by Francis Miltoun

Synonyms for cadaver

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