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Selectively slaughtered (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

culled

(Other definitions for culled that I've seen before include "Of deer, killed surplus animals" , "Picked out and killed surplus animals from herd" , "Picked out and killed for the good of the herd" , "Of deer, killed off surplus numbers" , "Reduced the population by selective slaughter" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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