cull livestock

/kʌl ˈlaɪvstɒk/

verb phrase

  1. To remove and usually kill selected farm animals from a herd or flock, especially because they are old, ill, unproductive, or too numerous.

    B2

    transitiveformal

    • "The farmer culled several sheep because they were sick."B1
    • "Officials ordered farmers to cull livestock to prevent the disease from spreading."B2
    • "The policy requires producers to cull livestock selectively rather than slaughtering entire herds."C1

Common mistakes

  • cull the livestock animals→cull the livestock

    Livestock already means farm animals, so animals is usually unnecessary.

Collocations

cull livestockcull a herdcull a flockcull animalsdisease control

Word family

cullcullingculledculler