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cull

/kʌl/verb

उच्चारण कल

(पशुओं की संख्या घटाने के लिए) मारना, छँटाई करना

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verb
  1. 1

    [T]

    to kill some of the animals in a group to reduce their numbers or to stop the spread of a disease

    (पशुओं की संख्या घटाने के लिए) मारना, छँटाई करना

    • Thousands of birds were culled after an outbreak of bird flu.
    • Officials decided to cull stray dogs, which caused protests.

    Synonyms slaughter kill

  2. 2

    [T] ~ sth (from sth)

    to take or collect something from a source

    चुनना, संग्रह करना, बटोरना

    • The examples were culled from old newspapers.
    • Radhika culled the best questions from ten years of papers.

    Synonyms select gather extract glean pick

noun
  1. 1

    [C]

    the act of killing some animals of a group to reduce their numbers

    (पशुओं की) छँटाई, संहार

    • a cull of wild boar