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
Katelyn Umholtz,
Kansas City Star,
24 June 2026
The Muses were meant for the butcher two autumns ago, but no one had the heart to lure them onto the trailer.
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Literary Hub,
22 June 2026
Teresa Mull,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2026
The hunters who trapped them, the vendors who handled them, the families who butchered them for dinner all touched the animals, the urine, the blood.
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John Drake,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2026
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Noun
For now, the Ortizes have hired a local butcher to provide menu items like Italian sausage and other meats.
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Katelyn Umholtz,
Kansas City Star,
24 June 2026
The Muses were meant for the butcher two autumns ago, but no one had the heart to lure them onto the trailer.
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Literary Hub,
22 June 2026
Verb
People began losing touch with butchering an entire animal, as well as with preparation methods for organ meats.
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Teresa Mull,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2026
The hunters who trapped them, the vendors who handled them, the families who butchered them for dinner all touched the animals, the urine, the blood.
—
John Drake,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2026
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The Dodgers reached the pinnacle honestly, in a capitalistic structure that properly hands no favors to the incompetent.
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Chicken looks cheaper Ranchers have sent cattle to be slaughtered, rather than keeping them to reproduce, because of the severe weather and high prices.
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Some 2 million people, nearly a quarter of the population, were slaughtered or starved to death.
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But in her concentration, Porsha fumbled her words, which made the Faithfuls, who were desperate for a crumb of evidence so early in the game, suspicious of her sincerity.
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With Yerry De los Santos also fumbling a bunt in the eighth, the Yanks tallied a season-high four errors on the night.
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One interception attempt resulted in a large explosion that spectacularly blew the roof off a fuel tank.
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After the final whistle blew and this Norway team had made history, Haaland took a moment and looked into the Norwegian cheering section, trying to process what had just happened.
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The couple is accused of conspiring to murder Agarwal in an attempt to continue their romance.
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Nothing about intent—intent pertains to murder in its several degrees.
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Republican hardliners jammed up the House floor this week, in part because of congressional leadership's refusal to attach a version of the election bill, dubbed the SAVE America Act, to the National Defense Authorization Act.
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Tipu himself was found slain near a passageway once used to bring water into the fort; it’s dubbed the Water Gate.
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Grief mangles cognition and memory in ways that can make even banal tasks feel surreal, if not impossible.
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The hood of the SUV was mangled, and the glass front door of the mini-mart was wrecked.
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However, for some, gambling is an addiction that can ruin lives and families.
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After all, plenty of cocktail enthusiasts already complain about mosquitoes ruining a summer evening.
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“Butcher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butcher. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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