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vehicular

adjective
ve·​hic·​u·​lar | \ vē-ˈhi-kyə-lər How to pronounce vehicular (audio) \

Definition of vehicular

1a : of, relating to, or designed for vehicles and especially motor vehicles
b : transported by vehicle
c : caused by or resulting from the operation of a vehicle vehicular homicide
2 : serving as a vehicle

Examples of vehicular in a Sentence

The road was closed to vehicular traffic.

Recent Examples on the Web

At that time, he was booked into the Ramsey County jail for probable cause of criminal vehicular homicide. Deanna Weniger, Twin Cities, "Roseville motorist who left scene after striking pedestrian in fatal January crash is charged," 6 Sep. 2019 Corry represents Rogel Aguilera-Mederos, the 23-year-old Texas truck driver who faces 41 charges, including multiple counts of vehicular homicide and attempted first-degree assault. Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, "Attorney for truck driver involved in deadly I-70 crash facing possible sanctions for speaking to the media," 6 Sep. 2019 Aarons is charged with aggravated vehicular homicide, a first-degree felony. Adam Ferrise, cleveland.com, "One dead, one critical after chase, crash with Ohio State Highway Patrol in Cleveland," 30 Aug. 2019 The jury of four women and eight men deliberated little more than one day, after a seven-day trial, before finding Levi guilty of two counts each of second-degree murder and gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. Pauline Repard, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Guilty verdicts in DUI hit-run crash in Miramar that led to 2 deaths, 1 serious injury," 22 Aug. 2019 Scarpa’s attorney motioned for the court to lessen the charge against Scarpa to gross vehicular manslaughter. Julia Sclafani, Daily Pilot, "Man charged with murder in death of Costa Mesa fire captain had 7 substances in his blood, expert testifies," 22 Aug. 2019 Ramos, who also faces several other charges including vehicular homicide, was arrested Aug. 13. Jerry Fallstrom, orlandosentinel.com, "Orlando man charged with DUI manslaughter in 2018 Lake County crash," 20 Aug. 2019 She was charged with six counts of murder, six counts of aggravated vehicular homicide and one count of driving under the influence of alcohol. Maia Anderson, Cincinnati.com, "Bond set at $3 million for driver in wrong-way I-75 crash that killed Mason family," 23 July 2019 She is charged with six counts of murder, six counts of aggregated vehicular homicide and one count of operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol. Harriet Sokmensuer, PEOPLE.com, "Woman Allegedly Killed a Family by Intentionally Driving Into Them Because Husband Was Leaving Her," 22 July 2019

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First Known Use of vehicular

1616, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

History and Etymology for vehicular

borrowed from Latin Latin vehiculāris, from Latin vehiculum vehicle + -āris -ar

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vehicular

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English Language Learners Definition of vehicular

: of, relating to, or designed for vehicles
: caused by or resulting from the operation of a vehicle

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