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
Vespaio was one of the first restaurants in the region to engage in whole animal butchery and even kept its own herb garden on the property.
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Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 27 Feb. 2026
The Market by the Meat Cellar was noted for, as its name suggests, cuts of mean from Premier Meat Company and its nontraditional format that combined a butchery, cheese shop, culinary boutique and a full-service steakhouse all in one spot.
—Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 23 Feb. 2026
Besides, their exchange had a realness to it that had to make many a cynic pause, however briefly, before proceeding to the online butchery.
—Steve Buckley, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026
Egan says 95 percent of customers order steak, from prime or choice beef bought from a longtime family packer in Nebraska, then aged and cut in the restaurant’s butchery.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2026
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Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 27 Feb. 2026
The Market by the Meat Cellar was noted for, as its name suggests, cuts of mean from Premier Meat Company and its nontraditional format that combined a butchery, cheese shop, culinary boutique and a full-service steakhouse all in one spot.
—Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 23 Feb. 2026
Besides, their exchange had a realness to it that had to make many a cynic pause, however briefly, before proceeding to the online butchery.
—Steve Buckley, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026
Egan says 95 percent of customers order steak, from prime or choice beef bought from a longtime family packer in Nebraska, then aged and cut in the restaurant’s butchery.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for butchery
Noun
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My mustang was rescued a night before slaughter through Skydog Sanctuary.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
26 May 2026
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But this would require a more discriminating choice of clients, to avoid aiding wars like Saudi Arabia’s brutal campaign in Yemen or Israel’s mass slaughter in Gaza.—
William Hartung,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
Noun
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Honduran soldiers and police officers guard the site of a massacre in Trujillo, Honduras on May 21, 2026.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
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Survivors and victims’ families were allowed to go inside the nightclub one final time on the week of the massacre’s ninth anniversary last year.—
Silas Morgan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 June 2026
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“Butchery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butchery. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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