cullverb [ T ]
uk/kʌl/us/kʌl/When people cull animals, they kill them, especially the weaker members of a particular group of them, in order to reduce or limit their number:
The plan to cull large numbers of baby seals has angered environmental groups.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Killing
- assisted suicide
- commit suicide idiom
- decimation
- do for sb/sth
- drown
- early
- electrocute
- end it (all) idiom
- fatal
- finish
- hara-kiri
- immolate
- killer
- life-threatening
- malignant
- mortally
- shooting
- slaughterhouse
- suicide
- terminal
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cull
noun [ C ] ukus
the annual red deer cull
Phrasal verb(s)
cull sth from sth