[ UK /wˈa‍ɪldɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈwaɪɫdɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a wild uncultivated plant (especially a wild apple or crabapple tree)
  2. an outrageous rampage usually involving sexual attacks by men on women
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How To Use wilding In A Sentence

  • The eastern cougar also is known as a puma, panther, catamount, painter or mountain lion depending upon its habitat, according to the Cougar Rewilding Foundation, a non-profit organization devoted to raising public awareness of eastern cougars. Reuters: Top News
  • They have become emblematic animals for the rewilding movement. Times, Sunday Times
  • But you do ask: Why not use the term wilding to talk about what the rape survivor said happened at Duke. White Guys Gone Wilding?
  • The term wilding properly pronounced “whylin” is an early hiphop term that was in use way before the police used it, for just someone acting out of control. White Guys Gone Wilding?
  • I wondered if popular media outlets will use the term wilding, or will they come up with some special code word that referred to groups of young White men who attack women especially Black women. White Guys Gone Wilding?
  • High food prices have increased hunger and poverty and produced wilding rioting in some countries.
  • I am not advocating for the use of the term wilding to describe gang rapes. White Guys Gone Wilding?
  • The churchyard is the location of the grave of Emily Wilding Davison, a lady with strong North Eastern roots who sacrificed her life for the Suffrage movement.
  • And I found just what I was looking for when I began to read about what are called rewilding projects. Marc Bekoff: Rewilding Our Hearts: Maintaining Hope and Faith in Trying Times
  • Some of England's most endangered species could be brought back from the brink of extinction as the result of a year-long government wildlife review to be launched tomorrow, which will focus on "rewilding" - returning land to its natural state - and extending habitats. European Tribune
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