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
Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Sep. 2025
When the officer directed the man to the front of the station house for assistance, the suspect allegedly pulled out the butcher knife and attacked her but the officer was able to fight him off, Rivera said.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2025
Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2025
Jarrett Stidham’s preseason stats, after another night spent butchering another second-team defense, are Madden Career Mode-worthy.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 17 Aug. 2025
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Noun
This steakhouse has its own butchers shop right next door and serves four different kinds of beef, including Kobe beef, Japanese wagyu, North American wagyu and USDA prime.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Sep. 2025
When the officer directed the man to the front of the station house for assistance, the suspect allegedly pulled out the butcher knife and attacked her but the officer was able to fight him off, Rivera said.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, bushmeat has the potential to spread diseases like Ebola due to hunting, butchering, and processing meat from infected animals.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2025
Jarrett Stidham’s preseason stats, after another night spent butchering another second-team defense, are Madden Career Mode-worthy.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 17 Aug. 2025
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Of the 300,000 Chinese slaughtered by the Japanese Imperial Army during a six-week period, most were civilians who were were bayoneted, machine-gunned and burned alive.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
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This lesson plan includes no discussion of how, in the name of socialism and equality, Cold War despots in Russia, Romania, Poland and other Eastern Bloc counties slaughtered innocents, seized property and sunk their countries into starvation-level poverty.—
Betsy McCaughey,
Boston Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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Lucille Ball once lost her glasses on stage at the Emmys and had to fumble her way through.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Seconds thereafter, the Clippers fumbled the ball away once again, setting up Gloucester with another short field.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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As health restrictions discouraged people from blowing directly into instruments, Gajewski and Brown reimagined the design.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Sep. 2025
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Soldiers have also been spotted in parks carrying out tasks typically assigned to gardeners and landscapers – shoveling mulch, blowing leaves and scooping up trash.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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The Netflix drama follows a British family as their 13-year-old son Jamie Miller (Owen Cooper) is accused and arrested for murdering a teenage girl in his class.—
Brenton Blanchet,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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Overall crime hit a 25-year low, and murder a six-year low, police said.—
Hanna Park,
CNN Money,
15 Sep. 2025
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The event, dubbed GW250114, became known in January when researchers spotted it with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) — a set of two identical instruments located in Livingston, Louisiana, and Hanford, Washington.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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And that sensitivity enabled the collaboration to record the sharpest gravitational wave signal thus far, dubbed GW250114.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
11 Sep. 2025
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And, to mangle an old saying, in the land of non-duplexing and manual-duplexing ADFs, the reversing ADF is king.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
28 Aug. 2025
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The camera then jerks to show the aftermath: a small group of shaken bystanders huddled together in shock, a black Chevrolet sedan shoved close to a nearby bar and another car left mangled from the impact.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
23 Aug. 2025
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Some hardware is brass-plated, which means scrubbing could expose the metal underneath and ruin the finish.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
16 Sep. 2025
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However, for some, gambling is an addiction that can ruin lives and families.—
Simone Jasper,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Sep. 2025
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Elon Musk has been booted from his spot as the world's richest person, according to Bloomberg's latest ranking.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Some states with a lone 400 member last year were booted from the list, including Idaho (Melaleuca CEO Frank VanderSloot), Rhode Island (Providence Equity Partners founder Jonathon Nelson) and Maine (Dexter Shoe Company heiress Susan Alfond).—
Ella Malmgren,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Butcher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butcher. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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