roadkill

1. (US, uncountable, usually)The killing of an animal by a road vehicle.

   the dead body of an animal that has been killed on a road by a vehicle

2. The killing of an animal by a road vehicle.

   (US, uncountable, usually)A successful kill in a deathmatch game by hitting an opponent with a road vehicle. A point or score (when considered collectively) gained by successfully killing opponents by a road vehiclein a deathmatch game.

3. (US, uncountable, usually)The animal or animals so killed.

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4. (broadly, uncountable, usually)A helpless victim.

1. They ate possum roadkill for dinner.

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2. First you have to clear the roadkill.

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3. The roadkill was a possum.

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4. Tom had a job as a roadkill picker-upper and he found it very distressing.

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