roadkill
Pavement's grim harvest
Roadkill is an animal killed by a vehicle on a road: We saw a deer that had become roadkill.
The word covers both the event and the carcass.
Figuratively, roadkill describes someone or something destroyed by larger forces: Small businesses became roadkill when the chain stores moved in.
Antlered hoofed mammal
- raccoonMasked North American omnivore
- opossumAmerican pouch-bearing mammal
- skunkSpray-armed striped mammal
- squirrelBushy-tailed tree rodent
rabbit · fox · armadillo · hedgehog · kangaroo · possum · badger · snake
Putrefying animal remains
- remainsContinues in place
- bodyPhysical structure, living thing
- corpseDeceased human body
- deceasedNo longer living
bones · skull · skeleton · flesh · decay · decomposition · bloated · flattened
Carrion-eating raptor
- buzzardSoaring carrion-eating raptor
- crowLarge black corvid
- ravenLarge black carrion bird
- magpieChattering corvid, loves shinies
corvid · eagle · coyote · fox · maggots · flies · beetles · insects
Petroleum-based paving material
- pavementHard road covering
- shoulderUpper arm joint
- medianCentral sorted value
- interstateBetween political regions
freeway · expressway · motorway · lane · ditch · verge · curb · traffic
Cessation of life
- victimOne harmed by another
- fatalityDeath from accident
- mortalityState of eventual death
- lossBeing without something
accident · unfortunate · senseless · preventable · sad · grim · morbid · gruesome
deer
Antlered hoofed mammal
- raccoonMasked North American omnivore
- opossumAmerican pouch-bearing mammal
- skunkSpray-armed striped mammal
squirrel · rabbit · fox · armadillo · hedgehog · kangaroo · possum · badger · snake · bird
carrion
Putrefying animal remains
deceased · bones · skull · skeleton · flesh · decay · decomposition · bloated · flattened · mangled
vulture
Carrion-eating raptor
magpie · corvid · eagle · coyote · fox · maggots · flies · beetles · insects · feeding
asphalt
Petroleum-based paving material
interstate · freeway · expressway · motorway · lane · ditch · verge · curb · traffic · speeding
death
Cessation of life
loss · accident · unfortunate · senseless · preventable · sad · grim · morbid · gruesome · fate
failure
Lack of success
flattened · crushed · demolished · destroyed · obsolete · finished · toast · goner
signage
Posted public displays
- crossingPoint where paths intersect
- cautionCareful attention to risk
- reflectorsSurfaces that bounce light
fencing · barrier · prevention · awareness · hazard · alert · slowdown · seasonal · migration · corridor
- animal remainsbones, bone, skeleton, carcass, carrion
- grossvomit, pus, poop, boogers, snot
- roadsidehighway, rest stop, interstate, rest area, turnpike
- corpsescadaver, corpse, body, remains, carcass
- Redneckredneck, hillbilly, hick, yokel, bumpkin
- vulture foodcarrion, rotting meat, carcass, animal remains, dead birds