verb🔗ShareTo slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market."The farmer spent the morning butchering chickens for the town's market. "foodanimalindustryagriculturejobcommercebusinessactionprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo kill brutally."The rebels were accused of butchering innocent civilians during the war. "actioninhumananimalwarChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo ruin (something), often to the point of defamation."The band at that bar really butchered "Hotel California"."languagecommunicationmediastyleactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe act by which someone or something is butchered; a slaughter or killing."The butchering of the chickens was a difficult task for the farmhands. "actioneventinhumanwarChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading