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What is another word for butchering?

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Present participle for to slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market

Present participle for to kill, especially on a large scale

Present participle for to ruin something, especially through incompetence

Present participle for to inflict a violent and disfiguring injury on

Present participle for to cut or slash, typically with the intent of causing damage

Present participle for to cut (the body of an animal) into joints for cooking

Present participle for to abridge or shorten a piece of work

Present participle for to comprehensively defeat

Death or killing on a large scale

An act of cutting or butchering meat

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Present participle for to slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market

“Also, Mr. Clarke can butcher a beast for his shop on a wooden block behind the counter.”

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Present participle for to kill, especially on a large scale

taking someone's life

giving someone the works

terminating with extreme prejudice

vaporizing^US

vaporising^UK

sending to the gas chambers

stamping out

putting paid to

gunning down

wiping from the face of the earth

canceling^US

cancelling^UK

wiping off the face of the earth

killing in the name of

killing in cold blood

sending to kingdom come

moving in for the kill

pulverizing^US

thinning out the population of

reducing the numbers of

pulverising^UK

laying waste

committing genocide

cutting a swath through

knocking something on the head

levelling^UK

leveling^US

putting the kibosh on

removing all traces of

putting someone out of their misery

sterilising^UK

sterilizing^US

putting before a firing squad

stoning to death

sending to the gallows

sending to the chair

stringing up

sending to the gas chamber

crossing through

sending to the gibbet

sending to the electric chair

scratching out

marking out

destroying root and branch

wiping off face of earth

putting a line through

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“Designed for furious close assault, it is able to butcher swathes of enemy infantry as well as smash its way through barricades with ease.”

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Present participle for to ruin something, especially through incompetence

doing something badly

making a nonsense of

making a pig's ear of

making a dog's dinner of

throwing into disorder

putting a spanner in the works

putting your foot in it

falling flat on face with

ravelling^UK

raveling^US

getting into a tangle

ruffling

perplexing

making a pig's ear

making a dog's breakfast

hashing up

making a mess

snarling up

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“Yet, for every excellent rendition, there are many artists who butcher the song.”

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Present participle for to inflict a violent and disfiguring injury on

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Present participle for to cut or slash, typically with the intent of causing damage

making an incision in

taking a chunk out of

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Present participle for to cut (the body of an animal) into joints for cooking

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Present participle for to abridge or shorten a piece of work

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Present participle for to comprehensively defeat

pulverising^UK

pulverizing^US

getting the better of

nosing out

running rings round

wiping the floor with

finishing off

giving someone a drubbing

giving someone a hiding

KO'ing

mowing down

putting paid to

running roughshod over

taking it all

taking to the cleaners

walking all over

winning a victory over

bringing someone to their knees

blowing out of the water

turning inside out

picking apart

pwning

gaining a victory over

putting someone in their place

running circles around

getting the upper hand over

immobilising^UK

laying out

rolling over

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Death or killing on a large scale

indiscriminate bloodshed

night of the long knives

indiscriminate killing

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Noun

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An act of cutting or butchering meat

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