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butchery

noun

ˈbu̇ch-rē

Definition of butchery

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 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 There’s no foraging, no organic garden to pluck basil and chili peppers from, no local butchery next door…and if there isn’t enough food flown in to account for multi-day weather delays? — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 May 2026 The only person who can stop this butchery is the President of the Russian Federation. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 May 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 See All Example Sentences for butchery

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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.

— Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
Ruthye needs someone to avenge the slaughter of her family at the hands of Krem of the Yellow Hills.

— Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026

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Athalia’s family returned home a few days after the massacre.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 3 July 2026
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.

— CBS News, CBS News, 29 June 2026

Definition of massacre

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