butchering
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Verb
butchered, past participle; butchers, 3rd person singular present; butchering, present participle; butchered, past tense;
/ˈbo͝oCHər/,
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butchered, past participle; butchers, 3rd person singular present; butchering, present participle; butchered, past tense;
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Slaughter or cut up (an animal) for food
- - the meat will be butchered for the local market
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Kill (someone) brutally
- - they butchered 250 people
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Ruin (something) deliberately or through incompetence
- - the film was butchered by the studio that released it
Web Definitions:
- butchery: the business of a butcher
- A butcher is a person who may slaughter animals, dress their flesh, sell their meat or any combination of these three tasks.http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/butcher They may prepare standard cuts of meat, poultry, fish and shellfish for sale in retail or wholesale food establishments. ...
- cutting up meat to prepare it for cooking