Thesaurus results for MOTOR VEHICLE

motor vehicle

noun

Definition of motor vehicle next

as in car

a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels got a license to drive a motor vehicle the minute she turned 16

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Recent Examples of motor vehicle Since the accusations arose in a wrongful death suit filed by the family of Special Olympian Angelo Schettino earlier this year, the sergeant has been suspended without pay from the State Police and indicted on a motor vehicle homicide charge. —

Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2026 The tool that dominates just about every discussion about movement in cities is the motor vehicle. —

Gia Biagi, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026 The youth faces a list of charges, including felony fleeing and eluding arrest with a motor vehicle, officials said. —

Mark Price april 3, Charlotte Observer, 3 Apr. 2026 Mariska Kay Nunn, 21, of rural Detroit Lakes, has been sentenced in Becker County District Court on a felony charge of criminal vehicular homicide — operating a motor vehicle in a grossly negligent manner. —

Carole Burkett, Twin Cities, 14 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for motor vehicle

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Investigators say a disturbance between two groups inside a business carried over into the parking lot and a female suspect got into her car, killing one while injuring a man and two other women.

— Doug Myers, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
Overstreet returned to the Dolphins in 1983, but was killed in a car accident in June 1984 — a year after the birth of his son.

— Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2026