🇬🇧 Cull meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

To cull animals means to choose some of them, usually the weaker, sicker, or extra ones, and kill them so there are fewer animals in that group. People sometimes cull animals when there are too many for the land to feed, or when they want to stop a disease from spreading. It’s a serious word that talks about controlling animal populations by removing and killing some of them on purpose.

The zookeeper explained they might cull a few old, sick goats so the younger ones wouldn’t run out of grass and start eating visitors.

In the video-game forest, the hero had to cull the sick pixel-deer so the healthy ones wouldn’t all glitch into squares.

When the rabbits filled the fields like hopping popcorn, the scientists discussed if they should cull some to save the crops.

The bug scientists decided to cull some mosquitoes, and the local frogs held a protest demanding an all-you-can-eat buffet instead.

Wildlife managers sometimes cull animals like deer when there are too many for the habitat to support.

A tired farmer stood in the cold barn. He must cull the weak lambs, cull the ones the wolf bit, and cull the animals that could not walk. He did not want to cull his flock, but to cull some would save the rest. He closed his eyes, took the job, and sighed with a soft relief.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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