butchery

/'butʃəri/
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butchery

A butcher works behind the counter in a clean, well-lit butchery.

Definition
  1. Noun:
    • The savage and excessive killing of many people: The act of killing people in a brutal, violent, and often indiscriminate manner.
    • The business of a butcher: The trade or work involving the slaughtering of animals and the preparation and selling of their meat.
    • A building where animals are butchered: A slaughterhouse; a place where animals are killed for meat.
Examples of Usage
  • Noun (Mass killing):
    • The invasion was followed by scenes of horrific butchery.
    • Historians documented the butchery that occurred during the civil war.
  • Noun (Trade/Business):
    • He learned the butchery trade from his father.
    • Modern butchery requires strict hygiene standards.
  • Noun (Place):
    • The old town butchery was located at the edge of the village.
    • Regulations require that all animals be processed in a licensed butchery.
Advanced Usage
  • "An act of butchery": Used to describe a specific, brutal incident of killing, often implying it was senseless or cruel.
    • The attack was not a battle; it was a sheer act of butchery.
  • Figurative Use: Can be used metaphorically to describe a very poor or destructive performance, especially in sports or arts, where something is ruined.
    • The critic called the director's cut a butchery of the original classic novel.
Variants and Related Words
  • Butcher (n): A person who slaughters and prepares animals for meat, or a person who kills brutally.
  • Butcher (v): To slaughter (an animal) for food, or to kill (people) brutally.
  • Butcher's (n): A shop where meat is sold.
  • Butcherly (adj): Resembling or characteristic of a butcher; savage, cruel.
Synonyms
  • Slaughter: The killing of animals for food, or the brutal killing of many people.
  • Massacre: The indiscriminate and brutal killing of many people.
  • Carnage: The violent killing of a large number of people.
  • Slaughterhouse: A place where animals are butchered (synonym for the place meaning).
Related Phrases
  • "Like a butcher's shop": A simile describing a place that is very messy, bloody, or chaotic.
    • After the fight, the locker room looked like a butcher's shop.
butchery

A butcher works behind the counter in a clean, well-lit butchery.

Noun
  1. the savage and excessive killing of many people
  2. the business of a butcher
  3. a building where animals are butchered

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