animated corpses
Reanimated deceased bodies
Animated corpses are dead bodies that move as if alive, typically through supernatural or scientific means.
The term covers zombies, revenants, and similar undead creatures in horror fiction and folklore.
Unlike ghosts, animated corpses retain their physical form—decaying flesh and all: The necromancer raised animated corpses from the graveyard.
The phrase emphasizes the contradiction between death and movement.
- zombieReanimated dead body
- living deadCorpses somehow still animated
- undeadDeceased yet animate
- shamblingAwkward, unsteady walking
- rottingOrganic matter decomposing
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