Meaning & use
cull
To reduce a population by selectively removing some members, often the weaker ones, especially among animals.
See it in a sentence
Wildlife rangers cull the deer herd each autumn to prevent overgrazing and disease in the forest.
Editors culled dozens of weak sentences from the manuscript before sending it to the publisher.
A note on using this word
Cull often implies removing inferior or excess members from a group, whether animals, data, or ideas.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
An act of reducing a population, especially of wild animals, by selective killing.
The government ordered a cull after the disease spread rapidly among the rabbit population.
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