Culling

Definitions

1. The act by which things are culled; the process of selecting for acceptance or removal.
   countable, uncountable
2. Anything separated or selected from a mass.
   countable, uncountable
3. The theft of personal possessions from a carriage during a horse race.
   UK, countable, obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

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