English words for 'Killing pupae.'
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verb
- To kill many of one species of animal, with the intent of removing them from human habitats.
- To harass with importunity; to pursue with persistent solicitations; to annoy.
- To pursue in a manner to do harm or cruelty to; especially, because of the victim's race, sexual identity, or adherence to a particular belief.
- cause to suffer
verb
- kill by its poison
- kill with poison
- administer poison to
- spoil as if by poison
- add poison to
- (chemistry) To inhibit the catalytic activity of.
- (transitive, computing) To place false or malicious data into (a cache, etc.) as part of an exploit.
- (transitive) To cause (someone) to hate or to have unfair negative opinions.
- (transitive) To pollute; to cause to become poisonous.
- (transitive) To cause to become much worse.
- (transitive) To use poison to kill or paralyse (somebody).
noun
- anything that harms or destroys
- any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism
- (figuratively) Anything harmful to a person or thing.
- A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism when ingested.
- (chemistry) Any substance that inhibits catalytic activity.
- (informal, idiomatic) An alcoholic drink. (Mainly in the phrases "name your poison" and "what's your poison?")
noun
- An organized killing of selected animals.
- (seafood industry) A lobster having only one claw.
- A selection.
- (slang, dialectal) A fool, gullible person; a dupe.
- A piece unfit for inclusion within a larger group; an inferior specimen.
- (agriculture) An individual animal selected to be killed, or item of produce to be discarded.
- the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
verb
- To select animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner.
- To gather, collect.
- To lay off in order to reduce the size of, get rid of.
- (by extension) To kill (animals, etc).
- To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).
- (computer graphics) To selectively not render or process certain objects, such as polygons.
- look for and gather
- remove something that has been rejected
verb
- kill (animals) usually for food consumption
- (intransitive) To work as a butcher.
- (transitive) To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
- (transitive) To kill brutally.
- (transitive) To mess up hopelessly; to botch; to distort beyond recognition.
- (transitive) To ruin (something), often to the point of defamation.
noun
- a brutal indiscriminate murderer
- a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market
- a retailer of meat
- someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
- (Cockney rhyming slang, from butcher's hook) A look.
- A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).
- (figurative) A brutal or indiscriminate killer.
adj
verb
noun
- the killing of animals (as for food)
- the savage and excessive killing of many people
- a sound defeat
- (uncountable) The killing of animals, generally for food.
- (collective) A group of iguanas.
- A massacre; the killing of a large number of people.
- (rare) A mass destruction of non-living things.
- A rout or decisive defeat.
noun
- (zoology) The killing of a young, immature animal by a mature adult of the same species.
- The murderer of a child: a person who has committed infanticide.
- The murder of an infant.
- The murder of a child by a parent; filicide.
- (law, Canada) The criminal offence of killing of a newborn, committed by its mother while psychologically disturbed by the effects of childbirth or lactation, not regarded as murder.
- murdering an infant
- a person who murders an infant
noun
- any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by crushing it in its coils
- Ellipsis of boa constrictor, either the species Boa constrictor or a similar snake that kills by constriction.
- (anatomy) A muscle whose contraction narrows a vessel or passage or compresses an organ.
- (anatomy) Ellipsis of pharyngeal constrictor (“each of the muscles which constrict the pharynx”).
noun
- killing a person or animal
- the property of being prompt and efficient
- the act of sending off something
- an official report (usually sent in haste)
- A mission by an emergency response service, typically involving attending to an emergency in the field.
- A message sent quickly, as a shipment, a prompt settlement of a business, or an important official message sent by a diplomat, government official, military officer, etc.
- The act of doing something quickly.
- (computing) The passing on of a message for further processing, especially through a dispatch table.
verb
- dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently
- send away towards a designated goal
- complete or carry out
- kill without delay
- kill intentionally and with premeditation
- (transitive) To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
- (transitive) To send (an important official message) promptly, by means of a diplomat or military officer.
- (transitive) To defeat
- (transitive) To rid; to free.
- (transitive) To send (a person) away hastily.
- (transitive) To send (a shipment) with promptness.
- (transitive) To send (a journalist) to a place in order to report.
- (transitive) To destroy (someone or something) quickly and efficiently.
- (transitive) To eat, especially quickly.
- (transitive, computing) To pass on for further processing, especially via a dispatch table (often with to).
adj
- Living by preying on other living animals.
- Of, or relating to a predator.
- (figuratively) Exploiting or victimizing others for personal gain.
- living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
- living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain
- characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding
noun
- small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals
- someone who attacks in search of booty
- (ichthyology) Any of certain freshwater fish of the subfamily Serrasalminae, native to South America; they are characterised by razor-sharp teeth and a reputation of being ferocious predators (despite most species being omnivorous).
noun
- canine tooth of a carnivorous animal; used to seize and tear its prey
- an appendage of insects that is capable of injecting venom; usually evolved from the legs
- hollow or grooved tooth of a venomous snake; used to inject its poison
- (nautical) The valve of a pump-box.
- Synonym of spike or prong, any sharp projection.
- Synonym of root, the part of a tooth embedded in the gums.
- (mathematics) Either of the two factors that make a number a vampire number.
- (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) A grasping; capture; the act or power of seizing; hold.
- A pointed extension of the chelicera in spiders, used for injecting venom.
- (colloquial) Synonym of tooth, particularly in humans.
- (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) That which is seized or carried off; booty; spoils; stolen goods.
- Synonym of tang, the projection of a piece of metal intended to be driven into a shaft for holding.
- (mining, rare, in the plural) Catches on which a coalmining cage rests while cars are being moved on and off.
- A long, pointed tooth in snakes, used for injecting venom.
- A long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh.
- (mining, Derbyshire dialect) A channel cut or pipe set for the purpose of carrying fresh air to working miners.
verb
- (transitive, dialectal) To receive or adopt into spiritual relation, as in baptism; be godfather or godmother to.
- (Australia, slang, transitive, intransitive) To drive, ride, etc. at high speed or recklessly.
- To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.
- (rare) To strike or attack with the fangs.
- (Scotland, transitive) To supply (a pump) with the water necessary for it to operate.
noun
- small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals
- blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets
- Any of various small black bloodsucking flies of the family Simuliidae.
- A black or dark green aphid (Aphis fabae) that is a common pest of agricultural crops.
verb
- To kill.
- (transitive) To clear or purify (a liquid) of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink.
- (transitive) To render compact or solid; to cause to become packed down.
- (transitive) In particular, to terminate (a lawsuit), usually out of court, by agreement of all parties.
- (intransitive) To become clear due to the sinking of sediment. (Used especially of liquid. Also used figuratively.)
- (transitive) To determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively; to set or fix (a time, an order of succession, etc).
- (transitive, in particular) To colonize (an area); to migrate to (a land, territory, site, etc).
- (transitive) To conclude, to cause (a dispute) to finish.
- (intransitive, with "in") To be established in a profession or in employment.
- (intransitive) To become compact due to sinking.
- (transitive) To put into (proper) place; to make sit or lie properly.
- (intransitive) To conclude a lawsuit by agreement of the parties rather than a decision of a court.
- (intransitive) To become firm, dry, and hard, like the ground after the effects of rain or frost have disappeared.
- (transitive) To cause to sink down or to be deposited (dregs, sediment, etc).
- (intransitive, usually with "down", "in", "on" or another preposition) To become stationary or fixed; to come to rest.
- (intransitive) To fix one's residence in a place; to establish a dwelling place, home, or colony. (Compare settle down.)
- (transitive) In particular, to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home, etc.
- (intransitive) To sink to the bottom of a body of liquid, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reservoir.
- (transitive) To bring or restore (ground, roads, etc) to a smooth, dry, or passable condition.
- (British, dialectal) To silence, especially by force.
- (transitive) To place in(to) a fixed or permanent condition or position or on(to) a permanent basis; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish or fix.
- (transitive) To cause to no longer be in a disturbed, confused or stormy; to quiet; to calm (nerves, waters, a boisterous or rebellious child, etc).
- (intransitive) To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, for example the foundation of a house, etc.
- (intransitive) To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement on matters in dispute.
- (intransitive) To become married, or a householder.
- (transitive, colloquial) To pay (a bill).
- (ambitransitive) Of an animal: to make or become pregnant.
- (transitive) To close, liquidate or balance (an account) by payment, sometimes of less than is owed or due.
- (transitive) To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).
- (transitive, law) To formally, legally secure (an annuity, property, title, etc) on (a person).
- (intransitive) To become calm, quiet, or orderly; to stop being agitated.
- (transitive) To move (people) to (a land or territory), so as to colonize it; to cause (people) to take residence in (a place).
- settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground
- form a community
- come to terms
- sink down or precipitate
- end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement
- become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
- bring to an end; settle conclusively
- accept despite lack of complete satisfaction
- arrange or fix in the desired order
- go under
- become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet
- make final; put the last touches on; put into final form
- take up residence and become established
- cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids)
- fix firmly
- dispose of; make a financial settlement
- settle conclusively; come to terms
- come as if by falling
- become clear by the sinking of particles
- come to rest
- establish or develop as a residence
- get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury
noun
noun
- An organized killing of selected animals.
- (seafood industry) A lobster having only one claw.
- A selection.
- (slang, dialectal) A fool, gullible person; a dupe.
- A piece unfit for inclusion within a larger group; an inferior specimen.
- (agriculture) An individual animal selected to be killed, or item of produce to be discarded.
- the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
verb
- To select animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner.
- To gather, collect.
- To lay off in order to reduce the size of, get rid of.
- (by extension) To kill (animals, etc).
- To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).
- (computer graphics) To selectively not render or process certain objects, such as polygons.
- look for and gather
- remove something that has been rejected
noun
- (zoology) The killing of a young, immature animal by a mature adult of the same species.
- The murderer of a child: a person who has committed infanticide.
- The murder of an infant.
- The murder of a child by a parent; filicide.
- (law, Canada) The criminal offence of killing of a newborn, committed by its mother while psychologically disturbed by the effects of childbirth or lactation, not regarded as murder.
- murdering an infant
- a person who murders an infant
noun
- any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by crushing it in its coils
- Ellipsis of boa constrictor, either the species Boa constrictor or a similar snake that kills by constriction.
- (anatomy) A muscle whose contraction narrows a vessel or passage or compresses an organ.
- (anatomy) Ellipsis of pharyngeal constrictor (“each of the muscles which constrict the pharynx”).
noun
- killing a person or animal
- the property of being prompt and efficient
- the act of sending off something
- an official report (usually sent in haste)
- A mission by an emergency response service, typically involving attending to an emergency in the field.
- A message sent quickly, as a shipment, a prompt settlement of a business, or an important official message sent by a diplomat, government official, military officer, etc.
- The act of doing something quickly.
- (computing) The passing on of a message for further processing, especially through a dispatch table.
verb
- dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently
- send away towards a designated goal
- complete or carry out
- kill without delay
- kill intentionally and with premeditation
- (transitive) To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
- (transitive) To send (an important official message) promptly, by means of a diplomat or military officer.
- (transitive) To defeat
- (transitive) To rid; to free.
- (transitive) To send (a person) away hastily.
- (transitive) To send (a shipment) with promptness.
- (transitive) To send (a journalist) to a place in order to report.
- (transitive) To destroy (someone or something) quickly and efficiently.
- (transitive) To eat, especially quickly.
- (transitive, computing) To pass on for further processing, especially via a dispatch table (often with to).
noun
- small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals
- someone who attacks in search of booty
- (ichthyology) Any of certain freshwater fish of the subfamily Serrasalminae, native to South America; they are characterised by razor-sharp teeth and a reputation of being ferocious predators (despite most species being omnivorous).
noun
- canine tooth of a carnivorous animal; used to seize and tear its prey
- an appendage of insects that is capable of injecting venom; usually evolved from the legs
- hollow or grooved tooth of a venomous snake; used to inject its poison
- (nautical) The valve of a pump-box.
- Synonym of spike or prong, any sharp projection.
- Synonym of root, the part of a tooth embedded in the gums.
- (mathematics) Either of the two factors that make a number a vampire number.
- (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) A grasping; capture; the act or power of seizing; hold.
- A pointed extension of the chelicera in spiders, used for injecting venom.
- (colloquial) Synonym of tooth, particularly in humans.
- (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) That which is seized or carried off; booty; spoils; stolen goods.
- Synonym of tang, the projection of a piece of metal intended to be driven into a shaft for holding.
- (mining, rare, in the plural) Catches on which a coalmining cage rests while cars are being moved on and off.
- A long, pointed tooth in snakes, used for injecting venom.
- A long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh.
- (mining, Derbyshire dialect) A channel cut or pipe set for the purpose of carrying fresh air to working miners.
verb
- (transitive, dialectal) To receive or adopt into spiritual relation, as in baptism; be godfather or godmother to.
- (Australia, slang, transitive, intransitive) To drive, ride, etc. at high speed or recklessly.
- To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.
- (rare) To strike or attack with the fangs.
- (Scotland, transitive) To supply (a pump) with the water necessary for it to operate.
noun
- small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals
- blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets
- Any of various small black bloodsucking flies of the family Simuliidae.
- A black or dark green aphid (Aphis fabae) that is a common pest of agricultural crops.
verb
noun
- the killing of animals (as for food)
- the savage and excessive killing of many people
- a sound defeat
- (uncountable) The killing of animals, generally for food.
- (collective) A group of iguanas.
- A massacre; the killing of a large number of people.
- (rare) A mass destruction of non-living things.
- A rout or decisive defeat.
verb
- To kill many of one species of animal, with the intent of removing them from human habitats.
- To harass with importunity; to pursue with persistent solicitations; to annoy.
- To pursue in a manner to do harm or cruelty to; especially, because of the victim's race, sexual identity, or adherence to a particular belief.
- cause to suffer
verb
- kill by its poison
- kill with poison
- administer poison to
- spoil as if by poison
- add poison to
- (chemistry) To inhibit the catalytic activity of.
- (transitive, computing) To place false or malicious data into (a cache, etc.) as part of an exploit.
- (transitive) To cause (someone) to hate or to have unfair negative opinions.
- (transitive) To pollute; to cause to become poisonous.
- (transitive) To cause to become much worse.
- (transitive) To use poison to kill or paralyse (somebody).
noun
- anything that harms or destroys
- any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism
- (figuratively) Anything harmful to a person or thing.
- A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism when ingested.
- (chemistry) Any substance that inhibits catalytic activity.
- (informal, idiomatic) An alcoholic drink. (Mainly in the phrases "name your poison" and "what's your poison?")
verb
- kill (animals) usually for food consumption
- (intransitive) To work as a butcher.
- (transitive) To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
- (transitive) To kill brutally.
- (transitive) To mess up hopelessly; to botch; to distort beyond recognition.
- (transitive) To ruin (something), often to the point of defamation.
noun
- a brutal indiscriminate murderer
- a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market
- a retailer of meat
- someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
- (Cockney rhyming slang, from butcher's hook) A look.
- A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).
- (figurative) A brutal or indiscriminate killer.
adj
verb
noun
- the killing of animals (as for food)
- the savage and excessive killing of many people
- a sound defeat
- (uncountable) The killing of animals, generally for food.
- (collective) A group of iguanas.
- A massacre; the killing of a large number of people.
- (rare) A mass destruction of non-living things.
- A rout or decisive defeat.
noun
- An organized killing of selected animals.
- (seafood industry) A lobster having only one claw.
- A selection.
- (slang, dialectal) A fool, gullible person; a dupe.
- A piece unfit for inclusion within a larger group; an inferior specimen.
- (agriculture) An individual animal selected to be killed, or item of produce to be discarded.
- the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
verb
- To select animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner.
- To gather, collect.
- To lay off in order to reduce the size of, get rid of.
- (by extension) To kill (animals, etc).
- To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).
- (computer graphics) To selectively not render or process certain objects, such as polygons.
- look for and gather
- remove something that has been rejected
verb
- To kill.
- (transitive) To clear or purify (a liquid) of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink.
- (transitive) To render compact or solid; to cause to become packed down.
- (transitive) In particular, to terminate (a lawsuit), usually out of court, by agreement of all parties.
- (intransitive) To become clear due to the sinking of sediment. (Used especially of liquid. Also used figuratively.)
- (transitive) To determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively; to set or fix (a time, an order of succession, etc).
- (transitive, in particular) To colonize (an area); to migrate to (a land, territory, site, etc).
- (transitive) To conclude, to cause (a dispute) to finish.
- (intransitive, with "in") To be established in a profession or in employment.
- (intransitive) To become compact due to sinking.
- (transitive) To put into (proper) place; to make sit or lie properly.
- (intransitive) To conclude a lawsuit by agreement of the parties rather than a decision of a court.
- (intransitive) To become firm, dry, and hard, like the ground after the effects of rain or frost have disappeared.
- (transitive) To cause to sink down or to be deposited (dregs, sediment, etc).
- (intransitive, usually with "down", "in", "on" or another preposition) To become stationary or fixed; to come to rest.
- (intransitive) To fix one's residence in a place; to establish a dwelling place, home, or colony. (Compare settle down.)
- (transitive) In particular, to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home, etc.
- (intransitive) To sink to the bottom of a body of liquid, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reservoir.
- (transitive) To bring or restore (ground, roads, etc) to a smooth, dry, or passable condition.
- (British, dialectal) To silence, especially by force.
- (transitive) To place in(to) a fixed or permanent condition or position or on(to) a permanent basis; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish or fix.
- (transitive) To cause to no longer be in a disturbed, confused or stormy; to quiet; to calm (nerves, waters, a boisterous or rebellious child, etc).
- (intransitive) To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, for example the foundation of a house, etc.
- (intransitive) To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement on matters in dispute.
- (intransitive) To become married, or a householder.
- (transitive, colloquial) To pay (a bill).
- (ambitransitive) Of an animal: to make or become pregnant.
- (transitive) To close, liquidate or balance (an account) by payment, sometimes of less than is owed or due.
- (transitive) To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).
- (transitive, law) To formally, legally secure (an annuity, property, title, etc) on (a person).
- (intransitive) To become calm, quiet, or orderly; to stop being agitated.
- (transitive) To move (people) to (a land or territory), so as to colonize it; to cause (people) to take residence in (a place).
- settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground
- form a community
- come to terms
- sink down or precipitate
- end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement
- become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
- bring to an end; settle conclusively
- accept despite lack of complete satisfaction
- arrange or fix in the desired order
- go under
- become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet
- make final; put the last touches on; put into final form
- take up residence and become established
- cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids)
- fix firmly
- dispose of; make a financial settlement
- settle conclusively; come to terms
- come as if by falling
- become clear by the sinking of particles
- come to rest
- establish or develop as a residence
- get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury
noun
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adj
- Living by preying on other living animals.
- Of, or relating to a predator.
- (figuratively) Exploiting or victimizing others for personal gain.
- living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
- living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain
- characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding