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View definitions for culling

culling

noun as in bum's rush

noun as in selection

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Consider the human cost of the administration's mass culling of federal workers.

From Salon

And while the mass culling of chickens in response to bird flu has played a major role, the cost of the daily staple for many Americans has kept inflation front and centre in voters' minds.

From BBC

It wants culling beavers to be an option if they prove disruptive.

From BBC

Poultry producers, disease experts and government officials are now questioning the practice of widespread culling in response to H5N1 bird flu outbreaks.

Minister Andrew Muir said after further investigation appropriate disease control measures had been put in place, including the "humane culling of all poultry on site", which is 64,000 birds.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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