Polish edit

Etymology edit

Deverbal from odstrzelić.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

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 edit

Derived terms edit

adjective

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Further reading edit

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