as in slaughter
the killing of a large number of people
butchery on a scale that horrified the civilized world
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Recent Examples of butchery
These days, the internet delivers butchery at a finger swipe.
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Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
Amid rising grocery costs, American shoppers are searching for inventive ways to save, like buying meat in bulk and taking on the butchery at home.
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Kelly McCarthy,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2026
Vespaio was one of the first restaurants in the region to engage in whole animal butchery and even kept its own herb garden on the property.
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Matthew Odam,
Austin American Statesman,
27 Feb. 2026
The Market by the Meat Cellar was noted for, as its name suggests, cuts of mean from Premier Meat Company and its nontraditional format that combined a butchery, cheese shop, culinary boutique and a full-service steakhouse all in one spot.
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Brock Keeling,
Oc Register,
23 Feb. 2026
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Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
Amid rising grocery costs, American shoppers are searching for inventive ways to save, like buying meat in bulk and taking on the butchery at home.
—
Kelly McCarthy,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2026
Vespaio was one of the first restaurants in the region to engage in whole animal butchery and even kept its own herb garden on the property.
—
Matthew Odam,
Austin American Statesman,
27 Feb. 2026
The Market by the Meat Cellar was noted for, as its name suggests, cuts of mean from Premier Meat Company and its nontraditional format that combined a butchery, cheese shop, culinary boutique and a full-service steakhouse all in one spot.
—
Brock Keeling,
Oc Register,
23 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for butchery
Noun
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The rigidity and delusions of tyrannies are incorrigible; their purity spirals end in executions, not just cancellations; their adventures end in devastation and slaughter.
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Ruthye needs someone to avenge the slaughter of her family at the hands of Krem of the Yellow Hills.
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Athalia’s family returned home a few days after the massacre.
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The issue has been particularly salient for low-income families living near fields of coca, the shrub used to make cocaine, as human rights organizations documented more than 50 massacres in Colombia just this year.
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“Butchery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butchery. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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