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as in slaughtered
to kill on a large scale
the barbarians butchered the monks in the monasteries without mercy
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as in fumbled
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 butchered
Or perhaps the dissidents simply do not want to get butchered like the others.
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Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 14 Mar. 2026
And so the buffalo were butchered and sold for their tongues and hides, and their bones were ground and used for fine china.
—Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2026
Tell the people that you were basically butchered by your trauma.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 2 Mar. 2026
The multi-page menu also includes steaks butchered, dry-aged and hand-cut by Olsen, reserve steak cuts such as a picanha, and steak specials such as a 40-ounce tomahawk ribeye.
—Amanda Hancock, Louisville Courier Journal, 27 Feb. 2026
This is the second time his beloved arid succulent has been butchered, with the first incident taking place in 2022.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
Because, like other market animals, even the plush, adorable bovine winners end up butchered and sent to supermarkets.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 21 Jan. 2026
Now sixty-five, Petro is a survivor of a brutal era in which the Colombian state assassinated leftist leaders and butchered their followers, in an effort to quell the country’s Marxist guerrilla forces.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2026
Because the puppies were found near a site where ancient humans had butchered woolly mammoths, researchers had wondered whether they might be domesticated dogs, as opposed to wolves.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 14 Jan. 2026
Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 14 Mar. 2026
And so the buffalo were butchered and sold for their tongues and hides, and their bones were ground and used for fine china.
—Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2026
Tell the people that you were basically butchered by your trauma.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 2 Mar. 2026
The multi-page menu also includes steaks butchered, dry-aged and hand-cut by Olsen, reserve steak cuts such as a picanha, and steak specials such as a 40-ounce tomahawk ribeye.
—Amanda Hancock, Louisville Courier Journal, 27 Feb. 2026
This is the second time his beloved arid succulent has been butchered, with the first incident taking place in 2022.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
Because, like other market animals, even the plush, adorable bovine winners end up butchered and sent to supermarkets.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 21 Jan. 2026
Now sixty-five, Petro is a survivor of a brutal era in which the Colombian state assassinated leftist leaders and butchered their followers, in an effort to quell the country’s Marxist guerrilla forces.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2026
Because the puppies were found near a site where ancient humans had butchered woolly mammoths, researchers had wondered whether they might be domesticated dogs, as opposed to wolves.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 14 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for butchered
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Animal rights groups say the deer should not be slaughtered en masse and that the plan takes away from the pleasure of residents and tourists from seeing the animals roam the island and taking their pictures.—
Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
18 Mar. 2026
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Security forces slaughtered them.—
Caitlin McGlade,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Mar. 2026
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The lawyer suggested the doctors at the Meadows fumbled Spacey’s treatment because their program was geared toward addiction.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
19 Mar. 2026
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The Warriors had a chance to send the game to overtime on the final possession of regulation, but Post, who hit four 3s on the night, fumbled the catch and turned the ball over, leaving the Knicks with the ball as the shot clock expired.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
16 Mar. 2026
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Avdija blew by everybody for a layup to tie the score at 31-31, and Adelman called a timeout.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
23 Mar. 2026
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Jalen Brunson scored 17 points and OG Anunoby finished with 16 for the Knicks, who trailed by 13 points in the first half, then blew a 14-point lead in the fourth quarter.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Mar. 2026
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DiMuzio was found murdered about three weeks later.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
22 Mar. 2026
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Mary Callahan has a frightening theory about why her husband was murdered in Miami.—
Joe Dwinell,
Boston Herald,
21 Mar. 2026
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Video from the scene showed a significant emergency response and vehicles mangled in the wreck.—
Mark Prussin,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2026
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Francisco Carmona, Córdoba’s fire chief, told Spanish national radio RNE that one of the trains was badly mangled, with at least four wagons off the rails.—
Joseph Wilson,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Jan. 2026
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Still, Avila, the college basketball cult sensation dubbed Cream Abdul-Jabbar (or Milk Chamberlain or SLU Alcindor, among many other nicknames), is likely to be the most important player on the floor.—
Ralph D. Russo,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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Proposition 187 — dubbed the Save Our State initiative — would be introduced three months after the renaming of Brooklyn Avenue.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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Of course, it’s been ruined now because of the Coldplay concert.—
Maria Bamford,
Vulture,
24 Mar. 2026
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Not a great weekend for Cinderella Has NIL ruined the college game?—
Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC news,
23 Mar. 2026
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Reviewing the Pentagon’s video, Miguel said the footage showed buildings on his property being destroyed.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
25 Mar. 2026
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Even factory resets may leave traces of data, so some recyclers will go as far as shredding a device's hard drive — and verify it's been destroyed.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Butchered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butchered. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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