winter-kill
See also: winterkill and winter kill
English
editVerb
editwinter-kill (third-person singular simple present winter-kills, present participle winter-killing, simple past and past participle winter-killed)
- (transitive) To kill by the effects of wintery conditions
- The lasting frost winter-killed more critters then all predation
- (intransitive) To die from the lethal effects of wintery conditions
Derived terms
edit- winter-killed (adjective)
- winterkill (noun)