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- verb transitive To
kill by theeffects ofwintery conditions - verb intransitive To
die from thelethal effects of wintery conditions
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Examples
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Harvests can be managed so that they only take the "excess" population before winter-kill brings the population back down to carrying capacity, thus the population level is the same as if there were no sportsmen at all.
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Harvests can be managed so that they only take the "excess" population before winter-kill brings the population back down to carrying capacity, thus the population level is the same as if there were no sportsmen at all.
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The winter-kill issue is a tough one all the way around, but my comment is more towards the link of "Minn to revamp regs."
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I just travelled through British Columbia recently to witness first-hand the vast vast destruction of the pine trees there, all due to the inability now of climate to “winter-kill” the voracious pine beetle.
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Pears stand the winter fairly well, although they winter-kill to a certain extent.
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I have been a little fearful they would winter-kill.
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Sometimes the smaller branches winter-kill badly and at other times they do not.
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STABLER: I think if he visits his neighbor, Professor Waite, he will find out how to manage trees so they won't winter-kill, because he knows how to fix it.
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MR. WEBER: I have planted trees in the fall and the tops winter-kill down to the grafts.
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Cut out some of the oldest wood before you lay them down in the fall, and if some of the shoots have grown very tall cut back about half, although these rank canes may give you the best roses the following season if you can protect them well enough so that they do not winter-kill.
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