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
Life, like baking or butchery, is a messy business.
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Jennifer Harlan, New York Times, 4 May 2025
Researchers also uncovered hippo bones with butchery marks, indicating early humans at the site used the large mammals for food.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Mar. 2025
This site, containing hominin remains and butchery marks on animal remains, is dated to around 1.85 million years ago.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025
Staff swiftly and expertly break down the fish at butchery stations across from a grid of icy oyster trays — the Blue Points are sourced from Long Island.
—Maria Yagoda, Curbed, 19 Dec. 2024
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Jennifer Harlan, New York Times, 4 May 2025
Researchers also uncovered hippo bones with butchery marks, indicating early humans at the site used the large mammals for food.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Mar. 2025
This site, containing hominin remains and butchery marks on animal remains, is dated to around 1.85 million years ago.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025
Staff swiftly and expertly break down the fish at butchery stations across from a grid of icy oyster trays — the Blue Points are sourced from Long Island.
—Maria Yagoda, Curbed, 19 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for butchery
Noun
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They were all robbed, of very little money, and in three instances, their homes were set ablaze to hide evidence of the slaughter that had taken place inside, authorities said.—
KC Baker,
People.com,
20 June 2025
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Sequences of compliant sheep, moving to their mechanized slaughter, sometimes cut to scenes of streetwise children, repurposing rubble for games.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
14 June 2025
Noun
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The massacre of the people of Gaza continues unabated.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2025
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As early as the 1970s, Jordan’s crushing of Palestinian guerrillas prompted the emergence of the Black September organization and the Munich Olympic massacre of Israeli athletes.—
HUSSEIN AGHA,
Foreign Affairs,
23 June 2025
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“Butchery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butchery. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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