butcher
/bˈʊtʃɚ/ · 2 syllables
Meaning
verb
- kill (animals) usually for food consumption
“They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter”
noun
- a retailer of meat
- a brutal indiscriminate murderer
- a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market
- someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
Synonyms for butcher
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