butchery

butch·er·y

B0578500 (bo͝och′ə-rē)n. pl. butch·er·ies 1. Wanton or cruel killing; carnage.2. Something botched; a bungle.3. The trade of a butcher.4. Chiefly British A slaughterhouse.

butchery

(ˈbʊtʃərɪ) n, pl -eries1. the business or work of a butcher2. wanton and indiscriminate slaughter; carnage3. (Agriculture) a less common word for slaughterhouse

butch•er•y

(ˈbʊtʃ ə ri)

n., pl. -er•ies. 1. brutal or wanton slaughter of animals or humans. 2. the trade of a butcher. 3. Brit. a slaughterhouse. 4. the act of bungling or botching. [1300–50; Middle English < Anglo-French, Middle French]

Butchery

 butchers collectively, 1475.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	butchery - a building where animals are butcheredabattoir, slaughterhouse, shamblesbuilding, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"
	2.	butchery - the business of a butcher butcheringslaughter - the killing of animals (as for food)business enterprise, commercial enterprise, business - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business"
	3.	butchery - the savage and excessive killing of many peoplecarnage, mass murder, massacre, slaughtermurder, slaying, execution - unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human beingbloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed, battue - indiscriminate slaughter; "a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered"; "ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name"; "the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder"; "a huge prison battue was ordered"

butchery

noun1. slaughter, killing, murder, massacre, bloodshed, carnage, mass murder, blood-letting, blood bath War is simply a legalised form of butchery.2. carving, cutting up, dressing, cleaning, jointing a carcass hung up for butchery

butchery

nounThe savage killing of many victims:bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed, carnage, massacre, pogrom, slaughter.

Translations

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