cull

/kสŒl/

IPA: /K AH1 L/

noun
  1. 1

    A selection.

  2. 2

    An organised killing of selected animals.

  3. 3

    (farming) An individual animal selected to be killed, or item of produce to be discarded.

  4. 4

    (seafood industry) A lobster having only one claw.

  5. 5

    A piece unfit for inclusion within a larger group; an inferior specimen.

verb
  1. 1

    To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).

  2. 2

    To gather, collect.

  3. 3

    To select animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner.

  4. 4

    To kill (animals etc).

  5. 5

    To lay off in order to reduce the size of, get rid of.

noun
  1. 1

    A fool, gullible person; a dupe.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cull