butcher

1 to kill on a large scale the barbarians butchered the monks in the monasteries without mercy Synonyms massacre, mow (down), slaughterRelated 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

2 to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way the new piano student butchered the sonatina Synonyms blow, bobble, boggle, bollix (up), boot, bugger (up), bumble, bungle, botch, dub, flub, fluff, foozle, foul up, fumble, goof (up), louse up, mangle, mess (up), muck up, muff, murder, screw upRelated Words blunder, gum (up), muddle, piffle; blemish, blight, damage, flaw, harm, hurt, impair, injure, mar, mutilate, ruin, spoil, vitiate; destroy, wreck; mishandle, mismanageNear Antonyms ameliorate, better, enhance, help, improve, meliorate, rectify, refine, reform, remedy; doctor, fix, patch, recondition, renovate, repair, revamp