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pl. butch·er·ies
Wanton or cruel killing; carnage.
Something botched; a bungle.
The trade of a butcher.
Chiefly British A slaughterhouse.
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Share This butchery noun 1. a building where animals are butchered [syn: abattoir ] 2. the business of a butcher 3. the savage and excessive killing of many people [syn: slaughter ]
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Butch"er*y\, n. [OE. bocherie shambles, fr. F. boucherie. See
Butcher , n.]
1. The business of a butcher. [Obs.]
2. Murder or manslaughter, esp. when committed with unusual barbarity; great or cruel slaughter. --Shak.
The perpetration of human butchery. --Prescott.
3. A slaughterhouse; the shambles; a place where blood is shed. [Obs.]
Like as an ox is hanged in the butchery. --Fabyan.
Syn: Murder; slaughter; carnage. See
Massacre .
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