culling

About 0.29 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of cull
2. noun The act by which things are culled; the process of selecting for acceptance or removal.
3. noun Anything separated or selected from a mass.
4. noun The theft of personal possessions from a carriage during a horse race.

Similar words

pluck reject pick slaughtering eradication kill extermination massacre killing destruction

Often followed by

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