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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There is a lot of roadkill along the highway.
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The girls can tell the seasons by the roadkill on Sunset.
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Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 8 May 2025
Others are convinced that Valerie ate roadkill and other animals' feces and drank from dams to survive.
—Moná Thomas, People.com, 7 May 2025
And all the characterizations about the Lakers being a juggernaut and the Wolves being roadkill?
—Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 1 May 2025
McPhee has been writing for The New Yorker for nearly sixty years, on subjects as varied as oranges, basketball, plate tectonics, barges, roadkill, and, most recently, writing itself.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2025
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Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 8 May 2025
Others are convinced that Valerie ate roadkill and other animals' feces and drank from dams to survive.
—Moná Thomas, People.com, 7 May 2025
And all the characterizations about the Lakers being a juggernaut and the Wolves being roadkill?
—Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 1 May 2025
McPhee has been writing for The New Yorker for nearly sixty years, on subjects as varied as oranges, basketball, plate tectonics, barges, roadkill, and, most recently, writing itself.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for roadkill
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“Roadkill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roadkill. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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