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

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

The deer must be completely butchered and de-boned before it can be brought into the state. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026

When a crew lands a whale, it's usually butchered on a nearby beach. — ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026

Using methods including high-resolution 3D scanning, researchers found that many of the 92 fragments bear cut marks on their inner surfaces, indicating that the turtles were carefully butchered by Neanderthals — with limbs detached, internal organs removed and shells thoroughly cleaned. — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2026

According to the Times coverage of the incident and subsequent lawsuit, the scenes shown in the classroom included autopsies, decaying cadavers and live animals being butchered, mutilated and tortured. — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026