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Meaning of butchering

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

butchering

verb

Definitions

  1. To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.

    Synonyms:killslaughter

  2. To kill brutally.

    Synonyms:massacreslay

  3. To ruin (something), often to the point of defamation.

    Example: The band at that bar really butchered "Hotel California".

    Synonyms:murder

noun

Definitions

  1. The act by which someone or something is butchered; a slaughter or killing.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/butcherhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/butchering

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butcheryshootingmassacringkillingfabricationslaughteringmatanzadisemboweling