Definition of "roadside" []

• The area bordering on the side of a road. (noun)

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• "Funny thing is the Amonium Nitrate that is being used in roadside bombs comes from aid agencies."
• "Details of how British electronic components have been found in roadside bombs were given to David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, when he visited British troops at their military compound at Lashkagar, in Helmand province, earlier this week."
• "Despite that increase and a 240 percent spike in roadside bomb attacks - a major factor in overall violence statistics - and increasing Taliban tactics to discredit President Hamid Karzai's government with shadow governments, some officials said they are seeing encouraging trends."