odstrzał

Polish

Etymology

Deverbal from odstrzelić.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔt.stʂaw/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔtstʂaw
  • Syllabification: od‧strzał

Noun

odstrzał m inan

  1. (literary) cull, shooting (the act of killing someone considered unnecessary)
  2. cull, shooting (the act of selecting animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner)
  3. (colloquial) rejection (the act of not allowing someone to take part in something)
  4. (geology, mining) blast, drilling and blasting (a controlled explosion intended to make certain resources easier to access)
    Synonym: strzał

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
  • odstrzałowy
noun
  • odstrzelanie
verbs
  • odstrzelać impf
  • odstrzelić pf
  • odstrzeliwać impf

Further reading

  • odstrzał in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • odstrzał in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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