butchery
11butchery — noun (plural eries) Date: 14th century 1. chiefly British slaughterhouse 2. the preparation of meat for sale 3. cruel and ruthless slaughter of human beings 4. botch …
12butchery — /booch euh ree/, n., pl. butcheries. 1. a slaughterhouse. 2. brutal or wanton slaughter of animals or humans; carnage. 3. the trade or business of a butcher. 4. the act of bungling or botching. [1300 50; ME bocherie < AF, MF boucherie. See… …
13butchery — noun a) The cruel, ruthless killings of humans, as at a slaughterhouse. The tyrannous and bloody act is done, b) An abattoir, a slaughterhouse. The most arch deed of piteous massacre …
14butchery — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. slaughter, carnage, killing, massacre; see carnage , murder . See Synonym Study at carnage . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The savage killing of many victims: bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed, carnage, massacre, pogrom,… …
15butchery — butch·er·y || bÊŠtʃərɪ n. slaughter, killing, carnage; place where a butcher works …
16butchery — n. 1. Murder, slaughter, massacre. 2. Great slaughter, wholesale killing, carnage, enormous bloodshed …
17butchery — n 1. slaughterhouse, slaughterpen, abattoir, shambles, Obs. butcher row. 2. carnage, massacre, slaughter, wholesale killing, mass murder, mass homicide, mass execution, mass slaying, general slaughter, mass destruction, bloodbath, effusion of… …
18butchery — butch·ery …
19butchery — UK [ˈbʊtʃərɪ] / US noun [uncountable] 1) the cruel and violent killing of a lot of people 2) the work of cutting up animals to be sold as meat …
20butchery — butch•er•y [[t]ˈbʊtʃ ə ri[/t]] 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 • Etymology: 1300–50; ME < AF, MF …
