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noun
The act by which someone or something is butchered.
Dismemberment.
Dismemberment of animals as food.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: butchery
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The act by which someone or something is butchered.
Dismemberment.
Dismemberment of humans as manslaughter or murder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: butchery
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The act by which someone or something is butchered.
Killing, especially of a human being, regardless of whether any dismemberment is involved.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: butchery
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The act by which someone or something is butchered.
Botching; a botched job.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: butchery
Antonyms: none provided
verb
present participle and gerund of butcher
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the business of a butcher
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: butchery
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
History
Etymology tree English butch Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Germanic *-izô Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō Proto-Germanic *-ōzô Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō Old English -ra Middle English -ere English -er English butcher Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English butchering From butcher + -ing.
