as in blunderer
someone who bungles an effort
the newest intern on the campaign is a butcher when it comes to writing press releases
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as in to slaughter
to kill on a large scale
the barbarians butchered the monks in the monasteries without mercy
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as in to fumble
to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way
the new piano student butchered the sonatina
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Recent Examples of butcher
Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Jan. 2025
Pick up some Jekyll Island swag at one of the many souvenir stores, or visit Jekyll Market, a gourmet grocery store offering a butcher counter, fresh produce, and four on-site restaurants.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 19 Jan. 2025
Carl Anka, The Athletic, 13 Dec. 2024
The war in Gaza was forced upon Israel after the terrorist group Hamas violently invaded and butchered over 1200 Israelis and took hundreds of innocent people hostage.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Son of a carpenter and a butcher’s helper, Mr. Herrmann spent his childhood in Braunschweig in the shadow of the iconic carmaker’s factories – emblems of Germany’s postwar Wirtschaftswunder, or economic miracle.
—Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Jan. 2025
Pick up some Jekyll Island swag at one of the many souvenir stores, or visit Jekyll Market, a gourmet grocery store offering a butcher counter, fresh produce, and four on-site restaurants.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 19 Jan. 2025
Verb
Learning a new language involves getting your words mixed up, struggling to learn grammatical rules and butchering the accent.
—Carl Anka, The Athletic, 13 Dec. 2024
The war in Gaza was forced upon Israel after the terrorist group Hamas violently invaded and butchered over 1200 Israelis and took hundreds of innocent people hostage.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for butcher
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The Minervois is a sunny land of black truffles, red marble, oak and juniper forests and castles constructed by Cathars (pescatarian Christians who disdained the symbol of the cross, were branded as heretics and subsequently slaughtered wholesale by Papal decree in the 13th century).—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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As a result of the spread, infected birds have been selectively slaughtered across the country, sometimes millions of birds at a single location.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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And Volodymyr Zelenskyy also fumbled the bag pretty hard.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
2 Mar. 2025
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Arriving in England in 1929, Queenie fumbled around on the edges of the entertainment business, hoping to be an actor.—
Carolyn Kellogg,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Feb. 2025
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The Knicks blew a 19-point lead, and Philadelphia stormed back to take a 97-96 advantage with 3:59 left in the fourth quarter.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
27 Feb. 2025
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However, buying everything new for your space can get costly and can easily blow your budget.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
27 Feb. 2025
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Riley, 22, was murdered by an undocumented immigrant.—
Nik Popli,
TIME,
4 Mar. 2025
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That’s because despite Casey Anthony being found not guilty in 2011 of allegedly murdering her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, conventional wisdom holds that she almost certainly was involved in Caylee’s disappearance and death.—
Aja Romano,
Vox,
4 Mar. 2025
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Pauline Kael dubbed his performance the best in the film.—
Carmel Dagan,
Variety,
27 Feb. 2025
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What To Know There have been tensions over NATO accusing Russia of sabotaging vessels in the Baltic Sea and claims of hybrid warfare around what is dubbed the NATO Lake as the alliance's members move to combat Moscow's belligerence in the region.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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Hertz grew up skateboarding in Dogtown and then, in the evening, peeking at his dad’s slides of faces horribly burned and mangled.—
Stephen Rodrick,
Rolling Stone,
13 Feb. 2025
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After the strikes, after the end of Succession and Ted Lasso, with The Crown heading out the door this year, after David Zaslav plunged a big filthy hand in and mangled the guts of HBO, who has emerged at the top of the heap?—
Josef Adalian,
Vulture,
13 June 2024
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Sometimes, one bad person or a few bad people can ruin things for everybody.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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However, for some, gambling is an addiction that can ruin lives and families.—
Don Sweeney,
Kansas City Star,
26 Feb. 2025
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But touchbacks were still pretty prevalent as teams chose to boot the ball into the end zone and allow their opponents to start at the 30-yard line — as opposed to the 25, where touchbacks previously were spotted.—
Brad Biggs,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Feb. 2025
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What’s the point of booting out illegals and criminals while somehow becoming a safe haven for the Tate brothers?—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Butcher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butcher. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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