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butchery
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the killing of a large number of people butchery on a scale that horrified the civilized world Synonyms bloodbath, massacre, carnage, death, holocaust, slaughterRelated Words bloodletting, bloodshed, foul play, homicide, killing, manslaughter, murder, slaying; mortality; annihilation, decimation, demolishing, destruction, devastation, eradication, extermination; genocide, pogrom; assassination, execution
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