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winter-killing

[win-ter-kil]

win·ter·kill

[win-ter-kil]
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
1.
to kill by or die from exposure to the cold of winter, as wheat.
noun
2.
an act or instance of winterkilling.
3.
death resulting from winterkilling.

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Winter-killing is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

Origin:
1810–20; winter + kill1
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