Butchery

Word BUTCHERY
Character 8
Hyphenation butch er y
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Butchery"

What do we mean by butchery?

Wanton or cruel killing; carnage. noun

Something botched; a bungle. noun

The trade of a butcher. noun

A slaughterhouse. noun

Slaughter; the act or business of slaughtering cattle. noun

The killing of a human being, especially in a barbarous manner; also, the killing of a large number, as in battle; great slaughter. noun

The place where animals are killed for market; a shambles or slaughter-house; hence, a place where blood is shed. noun

Synonyms Carnage, etc. See massacre. noun

The business of a butcher. noun

Murder or manslaughter, esp. when committed with unusual barbarity; great or cruel slaughter. noun

A slaughterhouse; the shambles; a place where blood is shed. noun

The cruel, ruthless killings of humans, as at a slaughterhouse. noun

An abattoir, a slaughterhouse. noun

The butchering of meat. noun

A disastrous effort, an atrocious failure. noun

The stereotypical behaviors and accouterments of being a butch lesbian. noun

The business of a butcher noun

The savage and excessive killing of many people noun

A building where animals are butchered noun

The cruel, ruthless killings of humans, as at a slaughterhouse.

An abattoir, a slaughterhouse.

The butchering of meat.

A disastrous effort, an atrocious failure.

A meat market

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The word "butchery" in example sentences

Second, the butchery is by no means confined to Chihuahua, but occurs nationwide. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Having already established that our Spartan heroes kill pretty much anything that comes within screaming distance, the industrial music cranks up while we watch as Greek butchery is taken to a visual level hitherto unseen: Asian and Middle Eastern baddies carved up like Easter hams. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And on a broader front, as reported in The New Yorker and The New Republic, Al Qaeda's wanton butchery is facing an intellectual challenge from within its own ranks. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Fearnley-Whittingstall’s occasional efforts to explain butchery, like boning a leg of lamb (encouraging his readers not to bother with a professional but to do the 'hatchet job yourself — it’s quite easy to improvise'), reveal a tolerance for chaos ( 'It’s a bit tricky to explain') that may be without precedent among people who make ❋ Unknown (2008)

Bernard Vandaele (KULeuven) and by Kerim Altu (Istanbul University) supervised the northern excavations, first focusing on the space just north of the unexcavated structure we tentatively identified as a butchery (see introduction). ❋ Unknown (2003)

Broomfield City Council on May 26 unanimously approved a proposed plan to give tax incentives to the butchery, which is slated to move from Boulder in July and open in Broomfield in early August. ❋ Kathryn Richert (2009)

I liked Willy Wonka even when shitloads of people called it a "butchery" and I'm waiting to watch his version of Alice in Wonderland. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I only chose the word "butchery" because the other characters thought of/referred to him as a butcher for his past actions. ❋ Kristen (2009)

Seriously, that kind of butchery of the English language is approaching Sandy Crux levels. ❋ CC (2008)

“What has been done in Iraq is a kind of butchery of the Iraqi people.” ❋ Unknown (2006)

He called police reaction to the students 'demonstration "butchery" and described the South African ❋ Unknown (2005)

A number of reasons were cited, and those reasons turned out to be true, the kind of butchery that Saddam was practicing. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The terrible butchery which is being prepared has not even a pretext. ❋ Unknown (2003)

That, together with the fact that they sit astride the northeastern entrance to this square and last year we found quite a number of militaria (including arrowheads) around them, suggests the "butchery" in reality was two guard rooms for soldiers controlling the activities on the early Byzantine Lower Agora. ❋ Unknown (2003)

At a higher level and to the west of this street, the team continued investigating the "butchery," which in reality seems to have been two one-room guard houses. ❋ Unknown (2003)

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