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How to kill the ducks?
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1. bash in the brains
2. slaughter with a pole 3. cull the ducks 4. batter the ducks to death |
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a massive cull
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verb [T]
When people cull animals, they kill them, especially the weaker members of a particular group of them, in order to reduce or limit their number: The plan to cull large numbers of baby seals has angered environmental groups. noun [C] the annual red deer cull |
a worker bashes in the brains of ducks in a massive cull in Guangdong province, where health officials are desperately trying to control an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu
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bludgeon
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verb [T]
1 to hit someone hard and repeatedly with a heavy weapon: 2 to force someone to do something: The children bludgeoned their parents into taking them to the zoo. noun [C] a heavy stick which is thick at one end and is used as a weapon |
The two boys had been mercilessly bludgeoned to death.
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dig deeper into their pockets
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need to pay more
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HK citizens may have to dig deeper into their pockets if they want chicken to be on their menu for next week's Mid Autumn festival.
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To scrap an earlier decision
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to throw away a previous decision
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The latest bird flu outbreak in GD has forced the SAR authorities to scrap an earlier decision to increase live chicken imports from the mainland
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a precautionary measure
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prevention action
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he stressed that the move is only a precautionary measure
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vaccinate
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verb [T]
to give someone a vaccine, usually by injection, to prevent them from getting a disease: The children were vaccinated against the major childhood diseases. See also inoculate; immunize at immune. |
nearly 10,000 ducks that died of bird flu at farms around Panyu had been vaccinated against the disease.
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mutated
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verb [I]
1 to develop new physical characteristics because of a permanent change in the genes. These changes can happen naturally or can be produced by the use of chemicals or radiation: These bacteria have mutated into forms that are resistant to certain drugs. |
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pathogenic
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pathogen Show phonetics
noun [C] any small organism, such as a virus or a bacterium which can cause disease: a dangerous pathogen pathogenic Show phonetics adjective |
The birds died of the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus
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