as in blunderer
someone who bungles an effort
the newest intern on the campaign is a butcher when it comes to writing press releases
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as in to slaughter
to kill on a large scale
the barbarians butchered the monks in the monasteries without mercy
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as in to fumble
to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way
the new piano student butchered the sonatina
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Recent Examples of butcher
Lindsey Tramuta, Bon Appétit, 20 Mar. 2025
Lore has it that New England butchers packed inexpensive cuts of meat into large barrels called butts for storage and transportation.
—Beth Dooley, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2025
Evan Bush, NBC News, 12 Mar. 2025
No more embarrassing ourselves on social media after butchering the context of a popular term.
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 10 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The shop’s chicken is sourced from the same German butcher as Mustafa’s, a döner kebab institution in Berlin.
—Lindsey Tramuta, Bon Appétit, 20 Mar. 2025
Lore has it that New England butchers packed inexpensive cuts of meat into large barrels called butts for storage and transportation.
—Beth Dooley, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2025
Verb
Within the same sedimentary level as Pink, researchers found stone tools and animal bones with marks made by cutting, which suggests that these early ancestors butchered animals for meat.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 12 Mar. 2025
No more embarrassing ourselves on social media after butchering the context of a popular term.
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 10 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for butcher
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Instead, hundreds of Russian commandos were slaughtered at Moshchun by a ragged mix of Ukrainian troops, policemen, national guardsmen and regular civilians, some of them armed with nothing more than hand grenades and hunting rifles.—
Simon Shuster,
TIME,
24 Mar. 2025
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Birds are dying off — or they're slaughtered — by the thousands.—
Suzy Khimm,
NBC news,
21 Mar. 2025
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Gonzaga did have a shot to tie on its final possession, but Khalif Battle fumbled a handoff and had his desperation 3-pointer blocked by Ja’Vier Francis.—
CJ Moore,
The Athletic,
23 Mar. 2025
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After Hovland calmly made a bogey on the last to secure the win, PGA Tour fans wasted no time grilling Thomas for fumbling a golden opportunity.—
Kevin Sabet,
Newsweek,
23 Mar. 2025
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What used to build brands now risks blowing them up.—
Remy Blumenfeld,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Apr. 2025
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Reliever Jorge Alcala blew a 99 mph fastball past Altuve in the seventh as the Astros star reached four strikeouts for the first time in a game since 2021.—
Dan Hayes,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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Just ask Davinci Leonard, who’s accused of murdering two teenagers at the Westgate Mall Saturday night.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
26 Mar. 2025
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When Does Karen Read's Retrial Start? The retrial of Karen Read, accused of murdering her Boston police officer boyfriend John O'Keefe by ramming him with her vehicle, is due to begin on April 1.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
25 Mar. 2025
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Both Bloomberg and The Information reported last month that a number of these AI models, which Microsoft has dubbed MAI, produced results that proved competitive with rival products from OpenAI and Anthropic on accepted benchmarks.—
Ece Yildirim,
Quartz,
4 Apr. 2025
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Amid the bargaining turmoil, a group of teachers dubbed the Respect Educate Advocate Lead (REAL) Caucus announced an opposition slate in February.—
Jake Sheridan,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025
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In about three minutes, the dog's crate flipped upside down, the door mangled and the food bowl empty with kibble spread across the floor.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
8 Jan. 2025
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Hertz grew up skateboarding in Dogtown and then, in the evening, peeking at his dad’s slides of faces horribly burned and mangled.—
Stephen Rodrick,
Rolling Stone,
13 Feb. 2025
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The problem lies once kids become tech savvy and a simple Google search can ruin the fun.—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
4 Apr. 2025
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Curtis left her job as a deputy in August 2023 and sued the county soon after, claiming in court documents that Anderson’s harassment ruined her reputation and career with the county.—
Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
4 Apr. 2025
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Ophiuchus got booted out despite the sun spending a long time within it from Nov. 29–Dec. 17 (commonly thought of as Sagittarius despite the sun being in that constellation from Dec. 17–Jan. 20.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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The Cubs added a run in the inning when third baseman Manny Machado booted Swanson’s grounder.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Butcher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butcher. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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