verb🔗ShareTo slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market."The farmer butchered the pig and then sold the meat at the market. "foodanimalagricultureindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo kill brutally."The thief butchered the security guard during the robbery. "actioninhumanwarChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo ruin (something), often to the point of defamation."The band at that bar really butchered "Hotel California"."languagecommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share(of an animal) Taken apart professionally, as a butcher might."The butchered chicken was neatly arranged on the display shelf, ready for customers to buy and cook. "foodanimalagricultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share(by extension) Taken apart, destroyed or distorted beyond recognition."a butchered translation of Horace"actionconditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
