as in blunderer
someone who bungles an effort
the newest intern on the campaign is a butcher when it comes to writing press releases
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as in to slaughter
to kill on a large scale
the barbarians butchered the monks in the monasteries without mercy
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as in to fumble
to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way
the new piano student butchered the sonatina
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Recent Examples of butcher
Everett Potter, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Artisans across Brooklyn were making their own bean-to-bar chocolate, canning pickles, opening old-timey butcher shops, and forging knives.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2025
Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2025
There are multiple theories, including that the virus leaked from a lab or from animals that were handled or butchered by humans.
—Korin Miller, Verywell Health, 13 Jan. 2025
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Noun
The latter was my choice, a lively room that felt like an upscale butcher shop turned restaurant with as many locals as hotel guests.
—Everett Potter, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Artisans across Brooklyn were making their own bean-to-bar chocolate, canning pickles, opening old-timey butcher shops, and forging knives.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2025
Verb
Prehistoric humans had used the site for roughly 300 years as a place to butcher and process animal carcasses.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2025
There are multiple theories, including that the virus leaked from a lab or from animals that were handled or butchered by humans.
—Korin Miller, Verywell Health, 13 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for butcher
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In 1977 the populations of two villages…were slaughtered by troops following a confrontation between soldiers and local people in which two soldiers had been killed.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Apr. 2025
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Even so, most of those cows are slaughtered outside of Texas: Nebraska slaughters more than 20% , along with South Dakota, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri and Colorado.—
John Mariani,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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Later in the first period, Theodore fumbled the puck into the skates of his teammate, Hertl, on their way out of the defensive zone, and Foligno added to Minnesota’s lead.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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Every moment spent fumbling with gear in those temperatures came at a cost—to fingers, batteries, and hard drives alike.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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What’s the dish that’s most likely to blow a skeptical traveler’s mind?—
David Hochman,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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However, the impending free agent had an 11.25 ERA, two losses and one blown save over 10 games entering Monday.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2025
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While Abby is determined to carry out their plan to murder Joel, all of her friends want to turn back.—
Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
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The man who murdered Rachel Morin was convicted by a jury that deliberated for 46 minutes.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
20 Apr. 2025
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Drivers can now use two new lanes to traverse a six-mile stretch of Interstate 4 in Central Florida that is part of what was dubbed the most-congested corridor in the nation.—
Natalia Jaramillo,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2025
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Around 102,000 people moved from California to the Lone Star State in 2022 alone, the Texas Realtors' 2024 Texas Relocation Report found—a phenomenon so common it has been dubbed Texafornia.—
Mark Weinstein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Apr. 2025
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Their family of 11 is living in a tent alongside heaps of concrete and mangled steel that now lie where their home once stood.—
Jeremy Diamond,
CNN,
6 Mar. 2025
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Images showed an uprooted tree smashed into a mobile home while mangled debris littered the streets.—
Christopher Cann,
USA TODAY,
4 Mar. 2025
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However, for some, gambling is an addiction that can ruin lives and families.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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There is nothing that can ruin trying to sleep through a redeye like the sunrise hitting your face.—
Caroline Hughes,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Apr. 2025
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JoJo Siwa Lashes Out at Paparazzi Over 'Bizarre' Migrant Crisis Question By Sophie Clark Live News Reporter Newsweek Is A Trust Project Member news article 0 Mickey Rourke is reportedly looking to sue a U.K. TV station after being booted from Celebrity Big Brother only six days into the show.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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Following three straight shutouts of the Rockies, Cease ran the team’s scoreless streak to 37 innings — three shy of the 1984 team record — before Manny Machado cracked the door open in the fourth inning by booting Justin Turner’s leadoff grounder.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Apr. 2025
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“Butcher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butcher. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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