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Butchery

//ˈbʊt͡ʃəɹi// noun, slang

Noun

1
The cruel, ruthless killings of humans, as at a slaughterhouse. countable, uncountable
"The tyrannous and bloody act is done,— The most arch deed of piteous massacre That ever yet this land was guilty of. Dighton and Forrest, who I did suborn To do this piece of ruthless butchery"
2
The stereotypical behaviors and accoutrements of a butch lesbian. countable, slang, uncountable
3
the savage and excessive killing of many people wordnet
4
An abattoir, a slaughterhouse. countable, rare, uncountable
"1899 On the third Friday Jimmie was dropped at the door of the school from the doctor's buggy. The other children, notably those who had already passed over the mountain of distress, looked at him with glee, seeing in him another lamb brought to butchery. — Stephen Crane, Making an Orator."
5
the business of a butcher wordnet

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The butchering of meat. countable, uncountable
"This butchery begins in the first Japanese month. For this purpose they put the animal's head between two long poles, which are squeezed together by fifty or sixty people, both men and women. When the bear is dead they eat his flesh, keep the liver as a medicine"
7
a building where animals are butchered wordnet
8
A disastrous effort, an atrocious failure. countable, uncountable
"I often wondered how Walcott the director could stand listening to some of his marvelous words and phrases being subjected to verbal butchery as sometimes occurred when a player did not understand what he was speaking or reading."
9
A meat market. countable, uncountable

Etymology 1

From Middle English bocherie, from Old French. See butcher for more.

Etymology 2

From butch + -ery.

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