Synonyms of butchered

butchered

verb

past tense of butcher

1

as in slaughtered

to kill on a large scale

the barbarians butchered the monks in the monasteries without mercy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slaughtered
• massacred
• murdered
• assassinated
• executed
• destroyed
• dispatched
• slew
• mowed (down)
• exterminated
• eradicated
• demolished
• decimated
• felled
• wiped out
• smote
• wasted
• snuffed
• annihilated
• devastated
• did in
• croaked
• blotted out

2

as in fumbled

to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way

the new piano student butchered the sonatina

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fumbled
• blew
• murdered
• mangled
• dubbed
• ruined
• destroyed
• bungled
• botched
• spoiled
• booted
• muffed
• fluffed
• boggled
• flubbed
• marred
• screwed up
• bumbled
• bobbled
• mutilated
• damaged
• buggered (up)
• fouled up
• injured
• wrecked
• mucked up
• goofed (up)
• foozled
• messed (up)
• blundered
• impaired
• loused up
• flawed
• harmed
• hurt
• bollixed (up)
• muddled
• blighted
• blemished
• gummed (up)
• vitiated
• mismanaged
• piffled
• mishandled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• improved
• helped
• refined
• enhanced
• rectified
• reformed
• remedied
• bettered
• ameliorated
• repaired
• fixed
• renovated
• patched
• doctored
• reconditioned
• revamped
• meliorated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of butchered

At the site, excavators found stone tools alongside bones of ancient elephants — and the recent paper, written by archaeologists and paleoanthropologists, suggests the remains were likely deliberately butchered by early human ancestors. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2026

The meats — some butchered on-site by Soto — sear over mesquite charcoal, with smoke wafting through the large patio and over the restaurant’s bright pink walls. — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026

Jurors heard a harrowing voicemail left by Johnson begging one of her friends for help as Williams butchered her, stabbing her five times in the chest and four times in her back. — John Annese, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2026

Being completely immobilized and nearly butchered by Jean could easily lead to a lifelong hatred of mutantkind. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 31 July 2026

The magazine’s anatomically graphic photos—rats butchered alive, dogs with their faces sliced open, monkeys screaming at the electrodes implanted in their abdomens—seemed like windows into hell. — Literary Hub, 10 July 2026

That November, working once again with the Humane Society, Anderson rescued three dogs bound for South Korea to be butchered for meat and another that was rescued from Hurricane Ian in Florida. — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026

Maryland is home to a large Jewish community, many of whom had significant numbers of relatives who were butchered by the SS in concentration camps. — Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 9 July 2026

The plague victims likely hunted, skinned and butchered marmots for their meat and fur, which would have exposed members of the community to the bacteria, Macleod said. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 17 June 2026