Definition of "winter-kill" [winter-kill]

• To kill by the effects of wintery conditions (verb)
• To die from the lethal effects of wintery conditions (verb)

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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."
• "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.""
• "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."