roadkill
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roadkill (usually uncountable, plural roadkills)
- (chiefly US) the killing of an animal by a road vehicle
- (chiefly US) the animal(s) so killed
- Synonym: road pizza
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- The van was heading straight for her and travelling faster and faster by the second. Zoe had to do something or she would be roadkill.
- (by extension) a helpless victim