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
That’s what cooks do at Jeju, a Portland, Oregon, restaurant that specializes in whole-animal butchery.
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Emily Saladino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 May 2025
Life, like baking or butchery, is a messy business.
—Jennifer Harlan, New York Times, 4 May 2025
Researchers also uncovered hippo bones with butchery marks, indicating early humans at the site used the large mammals for food.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Mar. 2025
This site, containing hominin remains and butchery marks on animal remains, is dated to around 1.85 million years ago.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025
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Emily Saladino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 May 2025
Life, like baking or butchery, is a messy business.
—Jennifer Harlan, New York Times, 4 May 2025
Researchers also uncovered hippo bones with butchery marks, indicating early humans at the site used the large mammals for food.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Mar. 2025
This site, containing hominin remains and butchery marks on animal remains, is dated to around 1.85 million years ago.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for butchery
Noun
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The first half begins in Poland, where seven-year-old Jakob Beer is the sole member of his Jewish family to survive the Nazis’ brutal slaughter.—
Mia Barzilay Freund,
Vogue,
7 July 2025
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Jess remembers her first on-farm slaughter years ago when a female spooked and tore through the woods.—
Bennet Goldstein,
jsonline.com,
4 July 2025
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Orlov also pointed her to Voit's location, leading to the hospital massacre and her abduction of Voit and Dr. Ochoa.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
10 July 2025
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The season traces the brutal machinery of empire: propaganda, collaborators, betrayal and the looming massacre of civilians on Ghorman, a peaceful planet crushed for daring to protest.—
Los Angeles Times Staff,
Los Angeles Times,
3 July 2025
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“Butchery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butchery. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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