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destruction permit

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A government license to kill or remove fauna that would otherwise be protected.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia

Examples

  • 2001 February 28, Iain Evans (Minister for Environment and Heritage), Letter to the editor, The Courier, I refer to your reports and letters to the editor regarding the decision to replace the requirement for a written destruction permit to shoot common native parrots causing damage to commercial orchards with a proclamation advertised generally in the media.

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

destruction + permit