butcher

²butcher

verb

butch·eredbutch·er·ing\ˈbu̇ch-riŋ, ˈbu̇-chə-\

Definition of BUTCHER

transitive verb

1

: to slaughter and dress for market <butcher hogs>

2

: to kill in a barbarous manner

3

: botch <butchered the play>

Examples of BUTCHER

1. They've hired someone to butcher the hogs.
2. Many innocent people were butchered under his regime.
3. The band has butchered my favorite song.

First Known Use of BUTCHER

1562

Related to BUTCHER

Synonyms: massacre, mow (down), slaughter

Related Words: assassinate, croak [slang], dispatch, do in, execute, fell, murder, slay, smite, snuff; annihilate, blot out, decimate, demolish, destroy, devastate, eradicate, exterminate, waste, wipe out

Near Antonyms: ameliorate, better, enhance, help, improve, meliorate, rectify, refine, reform, remedy; doctor, fix, patch, recondition, renovate, repair, revamp

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