butchering

Speech parts

1. butchering - Noun

2. butchering - Verb

Meaning

of Butcher

The business of a butcher.

The act of slaughtering; the act of killing cruelly and needlessly.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

butchery downing butcher slay kill killing murder destroy execution hanging massacre ruin slaughter annihilation bloodshed
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Antonyms

amnesty construction build helping awakening reviving
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Hypernyms

business commercial enterprise business enterprise

Phrases with the word

heavy-duty knife designed for the butchering knife designed for the butchering knife used for the butchering heavy-duty knife used for the butchering

Examples

Hmm...hmm. A stag hunt. To what elaborate lengths the equestrian classes go in order to draw out the simple business of butchering venison. Avram Davidson

Right after I graduated high school, I joined a sushi restaurant to learn how to make Japanese food. And then spent seven years. Then that time - that's enough. Then sushi restaurant - butchering fish and they make your body smell like fishy. Masaharu Morimoto

As people are not eaten, butchering them is of no use. Arndt Pekurinen

A Folsom projectile point The Folsom Tradition was characterized by use of Folsom points as projectile tips, and data from kill sites, where slaughter and butchering of bison took place. Source: Internet

Butchering up an enemy with this massive ax just feels cool to pull off. Source: Internet

Butchering is the process of cutting up the slaughtered animal into smaller pieces. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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