roadkill
noun[U]
(alsoroad kill)uk/ˈrəʊd ˌkɪl/us/ˈroʊd ˌkɪl/animalsthat arekilledonroadsbycarsor othervehicles:
Manycountyresidentshaveprobablyneverspottedafox, exceptmaybeas roadkill.
Onaverage, twocrocodilesayearend up asroadkillon Florida's Highway 1.
someone or something that isdestroyedordamagedas aresultof something:
Sadly, anypoliticiansuggestingthis would be roadkill.
Itappearsbad-drivingfeesare on the way tobecominglegislativeroadkill.
- Roadkillaccountsfor all too many of thesightingsofbirdsandmammals.
- The way through thewoodsislitteredwithbloodiedroadkill.
- Sometimesjusticeis just roadkillalongsidetheroad.
- At the end of Treasury Questions, the Chamber isdottedwith roadkill.
On the road: accidents involving vehicles
- anti-collision
- bird strike
- brake
- car crash
- crash-landing
- cropper
- derail
- derailment
- overshoot
- prang
- rear-end
- road toll
- RTA
- rubbernecking
- run(something)intosomething/someone
- runsomeone/somethingdown
- runsomeone/somethingover
- shunt
- stack
- stack up
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