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noun

ˈbu̇-chər How to pronounce butcher (audio)
Definition of butchernext
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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butcher

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verb

1
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
Noun
For now, the Ortizes have hired a local butcher to provide menu items like Italian sausage and other meats. — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2026 The Muses were meant for the butcher two autumns ago, but no one had the heart to lure them onto the trailer. — Literary Hub, 22 June 2026
Verb
People began losing touch with butchering an entire animal, as well as with preparation methods for organ meats. — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026 The hunters who trapped them, the vendors who handled them, the families who butchered them for dinner all touched the animals, the urine, the blood. — John Drake, Forbes.com, 6 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for butcher
Recent Examples of Synonyms for butcher
  1. incompetent
  2. slaughter
  3. fumble
  4. blow
  5. murder
  6. dub
  7. mangle
  8. ruin
Noun
  • The Dodgers reached the pinnacle honestly, in a capitalistic structure that properly hands no favors to the incompetent.
    — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Jan. 2026
Definition of incompetent
Verb
  • First, the animals whose skins would become parchment—typically sheep or calves—had to be slaughtered; a complete bible required the skins of around five hundred sheep.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
  • After Hamas slaughtered over 1,200 people on 10/7, including more than 40 Americans, the IDF is reactivating 45 military bases spread out between Israel and Jordan.
    — Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026
Definition of slaughter
Verb
  • But in her concentration, Porsha fumbled her words, which made the Faithfuls, who were desperate for a crumb of evidence so early in the game, suspicious of her sincerity.
    — Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 29 June 2026
  • With Yerry De los Santos also fumbling a bunt in the eighth, the Yanks tallied a season-high four errors on the night.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 26 June 2026
Definition of fumble
Verb
  • One interception attempt resulted in a large explosion that spectacularly blew the roof off a fuel tank.
    — Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • After the final whistle blew and this Norway team had made history, Haaland took a moment and looked into the Norwegian cheering section, trying to process what had just happened.
    — Tim Rohan, NBC news, 6 July 2026
Definition of blow
Verb
  • Walker was abducted, raped, tortured and murdered after attending a Valentine’s Day dance with her boyfriend.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
  • Shanahan notes that the spoiler that’s in the very title of the play — that someone named Roger Ackroyd was murdered — is more than enough.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2026
Definition of murder
Verb
  • The approval is only for one satellite, dubbed Earendil-1, which is meant to test Reflect Orbital’s technology for shining sunlight back to Earth.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 10 July 2026
  • But the housing affordability bill, dubbed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, is nevertheless set to become law automatically on Saturday — unless Trump vetoes it.
    — Kevin Breuninger,Justin Papp, CNBC, 10 July 2026
Definition of dub
Verb
  • Grief mangles cognition and memory in ways that can make even banal tasks feel surreal, if not impossible.
    — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • The hood of the SUV was mangled, and the glass front door of the mini-mart was wrecked.
    — Lou Kleinberg, CBS News, 17 June 2026
Definition of mangle
Verb
  • Instead of fighting with Whitney, Lindsay has a talk with Yvonne about how Lindsay ruined Yvonne’s wedding by making it all about her.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 8 July 2026
  • However, for some, gambling is an addiction that can ruin lives and families.
    — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado July 8, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026
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