fishkill
or fish kill
[ fish-kil ]
noun
the sudden destruction of large quantities of fish, as by pollution.
Origin of fishkill
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How to use fishkill in a sentence
It burst in the vicinity of fishkill with a lively display of lightning, deluging the Catskills with rain.
The Dark Star | Robert W. ChambersHe fell back eight miles and took a position on the north bank of fishkill Creek near Saratoga.
The Colonization of North America | Herbert Eugene BoltonChristmas was merry Christmas at the old family mansion in fishkill.
A Discourse on the Life, Character and Writings of Gulian Crommelin Verplanck | William Cullen BryantWe reached the fishkill ferry at half-past eight, covering the twenty-mile journey in fifteen hours.
On a Donkey's Hurricane Deck | R. Pitcher WoodwardThat "phenomenon" had eaten that prickly shrub to the roots and fled either down the road to fishkill or through the woods.
On a Donkey's Hurricane Deck | R. Pitcher Woodward
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