Cull
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Kill the Poor: An annual cull of the poor was one of Tim's policies when running for Prime Minister.
Source: Series / The Goodies - The Planet Cull in Neal Asher's The Brass Man features "knights" riding on giant hogs who use lances to kill local monsters, protecting villagers who construct photovoltaic cells by hand as a trade.
Source: Schizo Tech / Literature -
See, the humans plan to kill the Tyranids with a virulent bio-weapon after they cull the advancing hordes to draw out the hive ships; the Eldar plan to just stall the Tyranids for a couple of years and most likely die to the 'nids anyway.
Source: Moral Myopia
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Kill and Cull. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 03, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cull/kill
Cull & Kill. N.p., 2016. Web. 03 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cull/kill>.
Kill or Cull. 2016. Accessed August 03, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cull/kill.
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