roadkill

road·kill  (rdkl)

n.

1. An animal or animals killed by being struck by a motor vehicle.

2. Slang One that has failed or been defeated and is no longer worthy of consideration: "Many radio rightists betray a truculent nostalgia for the old foes who became their roadkill" (Richard Corliss).

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roadkill [ˈrəʊdˌkɪl]

n

Chiefly US the remains of an animal or animals killed on the road by motor vehicles

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

roadkill - the dead body of an animal that has been killed on a road by a vehicle; "vultures usually feed on carrion or roadkill" dead body, body - a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person; "they found the body in the lake"

Translations

roadkill [ˈrəʊdkɪl] n → animal m tué sur la route
road manager n → organisateur/trice m/f des tournées
road map n

(lit) → carte f routière

(fig, fig) (= route map) → feuille f de route
road race n → course f sur route
road rage

n → agressivité f au volant
road safety n → sécurité f routière
road sense n
he has no road sense [driver] → il conduit mal; [pedestrian] → il ne fait jamais attention aux voitures
road show n

(for radio, television) → émission f itinérante