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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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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2
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
Mason Leath, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2025
Owner Konstantinos Karakasilis, who once ran his own butcher shop, hand-selects every cut, relying on relationships built over 30 years.
—Katherine Whittaker, Saveur, 9 Oct. 2025
Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2025
Reese tried that one, too, but butchered it when his lean came well into the end zone.
—Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Ronald Exantus, 42, was freed from a Kentucky prison last week after serving eight years behind bars for a crime in 2015 in which he was accused of entering an unlocked residence and stabbing 6-year-old Logan Tipton, resulting in his death, with a butcher knife taken from the kitchen.
—Mason Leath, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2025
Owner Konstantinos Karakasilis, who once ran his own butcher shop, hand-selects every cut, relying on relationships built over 30 years.
—Katherine Whittaker, Saveur, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
In fact, this French Quarter institution helped invent modern brunch (thank you, butcher’s breakfast) and introduced cocktail classics like the Grasshopper and Whiskey Punch to the American bar lexicon.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2025
Reese tried that one, too, but butchered it when his lean came well into the end zone.
—Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for butcher
Verb
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Butchering an animal for meat — slaughtering cows, pigs, lambs — was an act of necessity, not pleasure.—
Christine Peterson,
Outdoor Life,
16 Oct. 2025
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Giving up 1,700 terrorist hostages from Israel, basically create a potential pathway to statehood, because of an invasion two years ago that slaughtered Israelis, there's a lot here that still has to play out.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
5 Oct. 2025
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He was sacked seven times and fumbled twice with both loose balls being recovered by the Bills’ defense.—
Mike Kaye,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Oct. 2025
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But that same quarter, Kansas fumbled on a punt that K-State turned into a touchdown.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
26 Oct. 2025
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The Giants, meanwhile, are coming off a painful defeat to the Denver Broncos, after blowing a 19-0 lead and losing 33-32 on a last-second Denver field goal after missing two PATs of their own, including one with 37 seconds left.—
Mike Jones,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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After the final whistle blew at Memorial Stadium, Kiffin made some headlines for his postgame behavior toward an Oklahoma player.—
Matt Audilet,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
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According to a news release from the Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference, Tipton had a disagreement with Fuller the night before she was murdered.—
KC Baker,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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Whitaker was murdered in her home in 2014.—
Cate Charron,
IndyStar,
27 Oct. 2025
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Jones was named in an unsealed indictment Thursday as part of a widespread gambling investigation that federal officials have dubbed Operation Nothing But Bet.—
Doha Madani,
NBC news,
23 Oct. 2025
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However, in March photos emerged of a series of new barge-like PLA ships dubbed Shuiqiao that can link together to form a loading dock from over a half-mile out to sea—drastically boosting Beijing’s land invasion potency.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Some are clearly ironic, but the line between blind devotion and mocking derision is seriously mangled.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
24 Oct. 2025
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When Jets safety Malachi Moore went to tackle Hill, the wideout’s leg got caught underneath him, mangling the appendage in the process.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
30 Sep. 2025
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Drummond's proposals to the court to sharply limit litter's use as fertilizer would amount to a ban on the practice in the river's watershed; this and the cost of removing all litter from the watershed would ruin poultry growers throughout the region, defendants argue.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Oct. 2025
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In the end, the explorers destroyed themselves and their ships and ruined the lives of so many indigenous people after setting up colonies in places like Tierra del Fuego.—
Charlie Markbreiter,
Them.,
21 Oct. 2025
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The space race is heating up NASA is suggesting SpaceX could be booted from its mission to land astronauts on the moon later this decade.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
21 Oct. 2025
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Party game Cards Against Humanity is declaring a small legal win against SpaceX after suing to boot the company from a plot of land for trespassing.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Butcher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butcher. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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