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butcher

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butcher
1. noun /ˈbʊtʃ.ə(ɹ),ˈbʊʧ.ɚ/
a) A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).

He looked in vain into the stalls for the butcher who had sold fresh meat twice a week, on market days...

Weyler was referred to as a "Butcher" by yellow journalists.

2. verb /ˈbʊtʃ.ə(ɹ),ˈbʊʧ.ɚ/
a) To slaughter animals and prepare meat for market.

The band at that bar really butchered "Hotel California".

b) To kill brutally.

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