Winter-kill

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To kill by the effects of wintery conditions transitive

    "The lasting frost winter-killed more critters then all predation"

  2. 2
    To die from the lethal effects of wintery conditions intransitive

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"The lasting frost winter-killed more critters then all predation"

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