catastrophic mortality

noun

The process by which individuals in a population die off in large numbers as part of a single event (rather than one by one, from a variety of causes).

Opposite
attritional mortality
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Meanings

nouncatastrophic mortality (uncountable)
  1. uncountablearchaeologyThe process by which individuals in a population die off in large numbers as part of a single event (rather than one by one, from a variety of causes).

    Antonyms: attritional mortality

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe process by which individuals in a population die off in large numbers as part of a single event (rather than one by one, from a variety of causes).

Opposite
attritional mortality
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