diff --git a/src/world/entity.rs b/src/world/entity.rs
index 2c18cc09f..03ea8d388 100644
--- a/src/world/entity.rs
+++ b/src/world/entity.rs
@@ -60,12 +60,16 @@ pub(crate) struct Allocator {
 
 impl Allocator {
     /// Kills a list of entities immediately.
-    pub fn kill(&mut self, delete: &[Entity]) -> Result<(), WrongGeneration> {
-        for &entity in delete {
+    ///
+    /// If an entity with an outdated generation is encountered, the index of
+    /// that entity within the provided slice is returned (entities after this
+    /// index are not killed).
+    pub fn kill(&mut self, delete: &[Entity]) -> Result<(), (WrongGeneration, usize)> {
+        for (index, &entity) in delete.iter().enumerate() {
             let id = entity.id() as usize;
 
             if !self.is_alive(entity) {
-                return self.del_err(entity);
+                return Err((self.del_err(entity), index));
             }
 
             self.alive.remove(entity.id());
@@ -89,7 +93,7 @@ impl Allocator {
     /// maintained).
     pub fn kill_atomic(&self, e: Entity) -> Result<(), WrongGeneration> {
         if !self.is_alive(e) {
-            return self.del_err(e);
+            return Err(self.del_err(e));
         }
 
         self.killed.add_atomic(e.id());
@@ -97,14 +101,14 @@ impl Allocator {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn del_err(&self, e: Entity) -> Result<(), WrongGeneration> {
-        Err(WrongGeneration {
+    pub(crate) fn del_err(&self, e: Entity) -> WrongGeneration {
+        WrongGeneration {
             action: "delete",
             actual_gen: self.generations[e.id() as usize]
                 .0
                 .unwrap_or_else(Generation::one),
             entity: e,
-        })
+        }
     }
 
     /// Return `true` if the entity is alive.
diff --git a/src/world/world_ext.rs b/src/world/world_ext.rs
index 49f667734..2d11ac73e 100644
--- a/src/world/world_ext.rs
+++ b/src/world/world_ext.rs
@@ -259,7 +259,11 @@ pub trait WorldExt {
     fn delete_entity(&mut self, entity: Entity) -> Result<(), WrongGeneration>;
 
     /// Deletes the specified entities and their components.
-    fn delete_entities(&mut self, delete: &[Entity]) -> Result<(), WrongGeneration>;
+    ///
+    /// If an entity with an outdated generation is encountered, the index of
+    /// that entity within the provided slice is returned (entities after this
+    /// index are not deleted).
+    fn delete_entities(&mut self, delete: &[Entity]) -> Result<(), (WrongGeneration, usize)>;
 
     /// Deletes all entities and their components.
     fn delete_all(&mut self);
@@ -315,8 +319,6 @@ impl WorldExt for World {
     {
         self.entry()
             .or_insert_with(move || MaskedStorage::<T>::new(storage()));
-        self.entry::<MetaTable<dyn AnyStorage>>()
-            .or_insert_with(Default::default);
         self.fetch_mut::<MetaTable<dyn AnyStorage>>()
             .register(&*self.fetch::<MaskedStorage<T>>());
     }
@@ -369,12 +371,18 @@ impl WorldExt for World {
 
     fn delete_entity(&mut self, entity: Entity) -> Result<(), WrongGeneration> {
         self.delete_entities(&[entity])
+            .map_err(|(wrong_gen, _)| wrong_gen)
     }
 
-    fn delete_entities(&mut self, delete: &[Entity]) -> Result<(), WrongGeneration> {
-        self.delete_components(delete);
-
-        self.entities_mut().alloc.kill(delete)
+    fn delete_entities(&mut self, delete: &[Entity]) -> Result<(), (WrongGeneration, usize)> {
+        let res = self.entities_mut().alloc.kill(delete);
+        if let Err((wrong_gen, failed_index)) = res {
+            self.delete_components(&delete[..failed_index]);
+            Err((wrong_gen, failed_index))
+        } else {
+            self.delete_components(delete);
+            Ok(())
+        }
     }
 
     fn delete_all(&mut self) {
@@ -406,8 +414,6 @@ impl WorldExt for World {
     }
 
     fn delete_components(&mut self, delete: &[Entity]) {
-        self.entry::<MetaTable<dyn AnyStorage>>()
-            .or_insert_with(Default::default);
         for storage in self.fetch_mut::<MetaTable<dyn AnyStorage>>().iter_mut(self) {
             storage.drop(delete);
         }