butchery

noun

Definition of butcherynext
as in slaughter
the killing of a large number of people butchery on a scale that horrified the civilized world

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“Butchery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butchery. Accessed 1 Feb. 2023.

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