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Definition of Overkilling
1. overkill [v] - See also: overkill
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overkilling
Literary usage of Overkilling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Observations on the Fur Seals of the Pribilof Islands: Preliminary Report by David Starr Jordan, Leonhard Hess Stejneger, Frederic Augustus Lucas (1896)
"overkilling of males in such a way ;is to injure the herd has never occurred on the
... It has, however, been suggested that such overkilling has occurred, ..."
2. The Fur Seals and Fur-seal Islands of the North Pacific Ocean by David Starr Jordan, George Archibald Clark, Leonhard Hess Stejneger, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (1898)
"overkilling OF MALES HAS NOT OCCURRED. ßo far we have considered the possibility
of too close killing of males. Let us examine the facts in the case. ..."
3. A Statement Submitted in Re the Fur-seal Herd of Alaska to the House by Henry Wood Elliott (1912)
"But Dr. Jordan makes his case still worse, for he goes on to say that this
overkilling is not practicable. On page 121 he declares: "In the hypothetical ..."
4. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other ...by Church of England by Church of England (1809)
"6 For thou (halt give him overkilling felicity: and make him glad with the joy
of thy countenance. 8 All thine enemies (hall feel thy hand : thy right hand ..."
5. Seal and Salmon Fisheries and General Resources of Alaska by David Starr Jordan, Henry Wood Elliott, Washburn Maynard, Sheldon Jackson, William Gouverneur Morris, Ivan Petroff, Charles Haskins Townsend, Frederick William True, John J. Brice, Leonhard Stejneger (1898)
"... Island held their own longest, because they were the last to Ъе affected by
pelagic sealing. While actual overkilling of males might be temporarily ..."
6. Composition and Heat Treatment of Steel by Edmund Francis Lake (1911)
"... the process is clean and gases cannot attack and injure the bath; "overkilling"
is practically impossible and a saving in labor is effected. ..."
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