winter-kill

See also: winterkill and winter kill

English

Verb

winter-kill (third-person singular simple present winter-kills, present participle winter-killing, simple past and past participle winter-killed)

  1. (transitive) To kill by the effects of wintery conditions
    The lasting frost winter-killed more critters then all predation
  2. (intransitive) To die from the lethal effects of wintery conditions

Derived terms

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