vehicular

[ vee-hik-yuh-ler ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or for vehicles:

   a vehicular tunnel.

2. serving as a vehicle.
3. caused by a vehicle; attributed or attributable to vehicles:

   vehicular homicide.

4. carried on or transported by means of a vehicle:

   vehicular recording units.

Other Words From

• nonve·hicu·lar adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of vehicular¹

From the Late Latin word vehiculāris, dating back to 1610–20. See vehicle, -ar ¹

Example Sentences

Every year, Delhi and northern states battle hazardous air during the winter months of October to January due to plummeting temperatures, smoke, dust, low wind speed, vehicular emissions and crop stubble burning.

From BBC

Exhibit A: this sidewalk-free enclave where people once, presumably, moved about without vehicular assistance, but no longer seem to.

From Los Angeles Times

Delhi gets enveloped in a thick blanket of smog every winter due to smoke, dust, low wind speed, vehicular emissions and crop stubble burning.

From BBC

The driver, Adam Canales, 18, was arrested on charges of evading police and vehicular manslaughter, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

From Los Angeles Times

A Cal Fire engineer accused of setting several fires in Northern California had previously been in a firefighting training program while serving a six-year state prison sentence for vehicular manslaughter, according to state corrections officials.

From Los Angeles Times