Associations to the word «Butchery»

Wiktionary

BUTCHERY, noun. The cruel, ruthless killings of humans, as at a slaughterhouse.
BUTCHERY, noun. (rare) An abattoir, a slaughterhouse.
BUTCHERY, noun. The butchering of meat.
BUTCHERY, noun. A disastrous effort, an atrocious failure.
BUTCHERY, noun. A meat market
BUTCHERY, noun. (slang) The stereotypical behaviors and accoutrements of being a butch lesbian.

Dictionary definition

BUTCHERY, noun. A building where animals are butchered.
BUTCHERY, noun. The business of a butcher.
BUTCHERY, noun. The savage and excessive killing of many people.

Wise words

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