Culling

/ˈkʌlɪŋ/

Synonyms for "culling" (39 found)

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Closest matches (8)

Noun(7 words)
benweedcrop thinningdata cleaningdata pruningdata screeningdata trimmingdeliberate removal

Strong matches (12)

Noun(9 words)
depleteexterminatefilterfilteringharvestkillmanagement based removalplant thinningpolicy related removal

Related words (19)

Noun(13 words)
population thinningprunereduceremovalscreenseedling removalselectselective removalselective removal measuresselective thinningtargeted removaltrimweeding

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More general

13 entries
agricultural practiceconservation policycrop managementdata cleaningdata preprocessingmanagement policypest controlpopulation managementquality controlremovalselectionstatistical preprocessingwildlife management

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17 entries
disease cullingdiseased plant removalduplicate removalgenetic cullinggrowth stage thinningherd cullingherd thinningnoise reductionoutlier removalrecord filteringseasonal cullingseedling cullingselective cullingselective culling plantargeted cullingtargeted culling protocol

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Collocations

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culling criteriaculling operationculling policyculling programculling ratedisease cullingherd cullingpest cullingpopulation controlselective cullingtargeted cullingwildlife culling

Inflections

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culIs??culledcullingsmore cullingmost culling

Derivations

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Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

These models, or "population viability analyses," assess the risk of extinction over time based on computational iterations that play out how a herd may expand and contract (with births and deaths) and genetically evolve given the interplay of the number, age and sex of animals in the herd; reproductive traits; influx of new genetics vs. inbreeding; management actions (culling/hunting); and potential effects of random events such as disease, drought and fire.

Source: tatoeba (12363552)

It is he who has done everything the club have asked of him since his arrival, including overseeing the brutal culling of many of the club's legends - Luis Suarez was thrown away in a phone call which, by all accounts, lasted less than 90 seconds.

Source: wiktionary

Culling is performed during races by stepping up on a carriage during the time the horses are coming in, and snatching reticules, silk bags, &c., from the seats of the carriage, the attention of the ladies being drawn to the winning horse.

Source: wiktionary

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