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Butcher
ˈbʊtʃə
Butcher definitions
noun
butcher
butchers
- a person whose trade is cutting up and selling meat in a shopmeat seller meat merchant meat trader
- a person who slaughters and cuts up animals for food
"a pork butcher"
- a person who kills people indiscriminately or brutally
"a callous butcher of men"
murderer mass murderer slaughterer killer assassin serial killer homicidal maniac destroyer terminator liquidator - a person selling refreshments, newspapers, etc. on a train or in a theatre
verb
butcher
butchered
butchering
butchers
- slaughter or cut up (an animal) for food
- kill (a person or people) indiscriminately or brutally
"they rounded up and butchered 250 people"
massacre murder slaughter kill put to death dispatch dispose of destroy exterminate liquidate eliminate terminate assassinate put to the sword cut down cut to pieces- ruin (something) deliberately or through incompetence
"the film was butchered by the studio that released it"