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

Thornburg butchered three of the people over seven days in September 2021 at the Mid City Inn in Euless. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026

Then, in 1863, a collection of Missouri Confederate Bushwhackers led by William Quantrill rode into Lawrence and butchered 150 men and boys. — Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Cut marks and scrapes made by flint knives at consistent locations on the bones indicate local humans butchered many of them for meals. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 20 Aug. 2026

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