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
Examples of roadkill in a Sentence
There is a lot of roadkill along the highway.
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As Linda literally fights with the rodent in the car (with her shrieking daughter in the backseat), it gets flung out the window and becomes roadkill.
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Rachel Brodsky, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
What might look like a few grainy pixels to Waymo’s cameras one moment could be roadkill to swerve around the very next.
—Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2025
But closure of the North Rim and reduced traffic in the region has also reduced the amount of roadkill for the birds to scavenge.
—John Leos, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
By this theory, Paleo dieters should probably be eating roadkill.
—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
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Rachel Brodsky, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
What might look like a few grainy pixels to Waymo’s cameras one moment could be roadkill to swerve around the very next.
—Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2025
But closure of the North Rim and reduced traffic in the region has also reduced the amount of roadkill for the birds to scavenge.
—John Leos, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
By this theory, Paleo dieters should probably be eating roadkill.
—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
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“Roadkill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roadkill. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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