as in slaughter
the killing of a large number of people
butchery on a scale that horrified the civilized world
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Recent Examples of butchery
The alleged menace of universal suffrage having been avoided by the absolute suppression of the negro vote, the spirit of mob murder should have been satisfied and the butchery of negroes should have ceased.
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Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 21 Feb. 2025
Chef Stephen Peak sources 90 percent of ingredients from the on-site greenhouse and gardens, and staffers practice whole-animal butchery, make their own cheese and charcuterie, bake their own bread, and preserve and ferment seasonal produce.
—Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 27 Dec. 2024
The Devonshire is made up of four floors: butchery and cellar in the basement; the pub and by invitation-only green room on the ground level, with the restaurant and main kitchen on floor one followed by the Claret Room, the pub’s largest room on the second floor along with the terrace.
—Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 10 Dec. 2024
Tate added that residents have expressed interest in utilizing animal byproducts, such as eggs, honey and even feathers for textiles, noting that animal butchery is only at licensed slaughterhouses — not at residential properties.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press, 27 Nov. 2024
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Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 21 Feb. 2025
Chef Stephen Peak sources 90 percent of ingredients from the on-site greenhouse and gardens, and staffers practice whole-animal butchery, make their own cheese and charcuterie, bake their own bread, and preserve and ferment seasonal produce.
—Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 27 Dec. 2024
The Devonshire is made up of four floors: butchery and cellar in the basement; the pub and by invitation-only green room on the ground level, with the restaurant and main kitchen on floor one followed by the Claret Room, the pub’s largest room on the second floor along with the terrace.
—Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 10 Dec. 2024
Tate added that residents have expressed interest in utilizing animal byproducts, such as eggs, honey and even feathers for textiles, noting that animal butchery is only at licensed slaughterhouses — not at residential properties.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press, 27 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for butchery
Noun
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Because the world keeps beginning and ending the same way, with the slaughter of the innocent, with the massacre of the blameless, and there’s not a thing anyone can do.—
Li-Young Lee,
The Atlantic,
11 May 2025
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Even after the slaughter of the animal, there’s no restitution for its owner or the audience.—
Laura Sirikul,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2025
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Raphael is a survivor of the Oct. 7, 2023 Nova Festival massacre in Israel, which was part of a surprise attack in which Hamas raiders murdered more than 1,200 Israelis and kidnapped 250 men, women and children.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
13 May 2025
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India accused Pakistan of backing the militants who carried out the massacre, an allegation Islamabad denied.—
Rajesh Roy,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2025
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“Butchery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butchery. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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