butchered

verb

Definition of butcherednext
past tense of butcher
1
as in slaughtered
to kill on a large scale the barbarians butchered the monks in the monasteries without mercy

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2
as in fumbled
to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way the new piano student butchered the sonatina

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  1. murdered
  2. ruined
  3. destroyed
Verb
  • Their father had been murdered in their home, which was then looted and burnt to the ground.
    Angelina Jolie, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Popular on Variety Chico Mendes, who was murdered by a rancher in 1988, is an international symbol of the struggle to protect the Amazon Rainforest.
    Marcelo Cajueiro, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of murdered
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  • Rescue crews are hindered by cell service outages and ruined roads and bridges as federal officials warn money to help people get back on their feet is tenuous with 57 days still left in the official hurricane season.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Instead of basking at the park's desert ecosystem, visitors left graffiti and ruined trails.
    Louis Casiano, Fox News, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of ruined
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  • More than half of the deaths were in North Carolina, where several feet of fast-moving water destroyed entire communities.
    NBC News, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The wineries surrounding this area did suffer some damage, but only one had a portion of its vineyards destroyed.
    Jessica Dupuy, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of destroyed
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