butchering

1. Dismemberment.

   (countable, uncountable)Dismemberment of animals as food.

   (coordinate in precise usage referring to animal carcasses)

2. (countable, uncountable)Dismemberment of humans as manslaughter or murder.

3. The act by which someone or something is butchered.

   (broadly, countable, uncountable)Killing, especially of a human being, regardless of whether any dismemberment is involved.

4. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)Botching; a botched job.

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