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.
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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.
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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.
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Tom Sietsema,
Washington Post,
17 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for butchery
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
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Ruthye needs someone to avenge the slaughter of her family at the hands of Krem of the Yellow Hills.
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The cabin sat on the banks of the not-so-mighty Potomac, looking north toward Antietam Creek and the great slaughter of September 17, 1862, and on the site of the Battle of Boteler’s Ford, fought two days later.
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Investigators said interviews with Sayer after his arrest indicated he was influenced by the Columbine High School massacre in 1999 that left 13 dead.
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Sacramento County prosecutors have placed Martin and Payton at the center of the massacre, a shootout at 10th and K streets that prosecutors say was fueled by gang rivalry, score-settling, anger and bravado, with deadly consequences.
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