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butcher (enc)

Butcher

Noun1.butcher - a retailer of meat
merchandiser, merchant - a businessperson engaged in retail trade
pork butcher - a vendor of pork and products made from pork
2.butcher - a brutal indiscriminate murderer
liquidator, manslayer, murderer - a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
3.butcher - a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market
knacker - someone who buys up old horses for slaughter
skilled worker, trained worker - a worker who has acquired special skills
4.butcher - someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
incompetent, incompetent person - someone who is not competent to take effective action
Verb1.butcher - kill (animals) usually for food consumption; "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter"
chine - cut through the backbone of an animal
kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"

 

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