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butcher

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1. butcher - Noun

2. butcher - Adjective

3. butcher - Verb

4. Butcher - Proper noun

Meaning

One who slaughters animals, or dresses their flesh for market; one whose occupation it is to kill animals for food.

A slaughterer; one who kills in large numbers, or with unusual cruelty; one who causes needless loss of life, as in battle.

To kill or slaughter (animals) for food, or for market; as, to butcher hogs.

To murder, or kill, especially in an unusually bloody or barbarous manner.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter Source: Internet

A 740-square-foot postwar co-op, with hardwood floors, a windowed kitchen with butcher block counters and a home office with French doors, in a non-doorman, 1963 elevator building. Source: Internet

A few miles away, in Northfield, the Hofherr Meat company has one of the best butcher shops on the North Shore, delivering all over the region. Source: Internet

According to one of the chroniclers of the time, he was given the epithet of the "Red" when in 981 he invited the most troublesome of the Roman families to a banquet, and proceeded to butcher them at dinner. Source: Internet

Aldy's daughter-in-law Wendy Butcher was certain the celebration would be a memorable one, and that family and friends from across the world watched the festivities unfold live on Facebook. Source: Internet

A disturbing portrait of a disintegrating mind, The Butcher Boy gave rise to the phrase “bog gothic” and revealed the sordid realities that often lurked behind romanticised depictions of rural Ireland. Source: Internet

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