roadkill

noun

road·kill | \ ˈrōd-ˌkil

Definition of roadkill

1 : the remains of an animal that has been killed on a road by a motor vehicle

2 : one that falls victim to intense competition political roadkill

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Examples of roadkill in a Sentence

There is a lot of roadkill along the highway.

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The Upper Mojave Desert is like some terrifying postapocalyptic dream: abandoned gas stations covered with hieroglyphic graffiti, battered highways streaked with moldering roadkill. — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, "The Rocket Man Who Wants To Beat the Billionaires," 14 Oct. 2015 Little Rivers started in June to count turtle roadkill on Engle Road. — Joseph Dits, Post-Tribune, "Fort Wayne builds berm to keep Asian carp out of Great Lakes," 3 July 2018 And roadkill, the carnage on the side of the street are people like Cohen, which is a sad thing. — Fox News, "Nunes tightens screws in his probe into surveillance abuses," 3 July 2018 And by the time he was done, the government’s case looked statistically indistinguishable from roadkill. — Felix Gillette, Bloomberg.com, "Get Ready for Big Media to Get Bigger After AT&T Victory," 13 June 2018 Undeterred, searchers dragged slabs of ham down game trails and baited camera traps with roadkill or live chickens. — Brooke Jarvis, The New Yorker, "The Obsessive Search for the Tasmanian Tiger," 16 Jan. 2012 May: In like ravenous rabbit, out like a roadkill squirrel. — Michael Heaton, cleveland.com, "A smart book about dumb sayings: Minister of Culture," 14 Mar. 2018 Regardless, this carrion connection has cultivated some oddball gardening behaviors, including the hanging of roadkill in trees, to attract pollinators. — Andrew Moore, Good Housekeeping, "A Beginner's Guide To Growing Pawpaw—The Delicious Fruit You're Not Eating," 12 Jan. 2018 May: In like ravenous rabbit, out like a roadkill squirrel. — Michael Heaton, cleveland.com, "A smart book about dumb sayings: Minister of Culture," 14 Mar. 2018

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