Butcher(n.) One who slaughters animals, or dresses their flesh for market; one whose occupation it is to kill animals for food.
Butcher(n.) A slaughterer; one who kills in large numbers, or with unusual cruelty; one who causes needless loss of life, as in battle.
Butcher(v. t.) To kill or slaughter (animals) for food, or for market; as, to butcher hogs.
Butcher(v. t.) To murder, or kill, especially in an unusually bloody or barbarous manner.
Butchered(imp. & p. p.) of Butcher
Butchering(n.) The business of a butcher.
Butchering(n.) The act of slaughtering; the act of killing cruelly and needlessly.
Butchering(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Butcher
Butcherly(a.) Like a butcher; without compunction; savage; bloody; inhuman; fell.
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