carnificialadj.
/kɑːnɪˈfɪʃəl/ Belonging to an executioner, or to a butcher; butcherly.
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butcherly1528
butcherlike1555
butchering1574
butcherous1575
massacring1585
slaughtering?1592
massacrous1593
butchery1626
carnificial1632
internecine1642
murdering1667
carnificine1681
genocidal1948
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. B ij a I bequeath thee to a Carnificiall reward.
1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel III. vi. 178 By the blow of my adversary's weapon..and not by any carnificial knife.
1863 Notes & Queries 3rd Ser. 4 482 The carnificial curiosity of Selwyn and Boswell.
1882 Pall Mall Gaz. 1 Dec. 2 The carnificial view of the uses of the Cattle Show.
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