butchery
noun
butch·ery
ˈbu̇-chə-rē 
ˈbu̇ch-
plural butcheries
1
chiefly British
: slaughterhouse
2
: the preparation of meat for sale
3
: cruel and ruthless slaughter of human beings
4
: botch
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Examples of butchery in a Sentence
the butchery of civilians during the war
butchery on a scale that horrified the civilized world
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Running a sustainable butchery or meat alternative company can be tough for all sorts of reasons: costs are high and consumers are worn down by inflation, just to name a few.
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Shawn Tully, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2024
Nearly 80 years ago, rats lurked in the city's docks and butcheries, bringing the potential for disease, according to an account in the New Yorker magazine.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2024
His conversations range from hunting and whole-animal butchery to energy fields, reincarnation and the ghost that haunts one of the guest rooms upstairs.
—Ann Abel, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
On the grind-house end of things, Hooper is still celebrated, when he’s not being reviled, for inspiring an avalanche of hardware-store butchery and final girls.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2024
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Shawn Tully, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2024
Nearly 80 years ago, rats lurked in the city's docks and butcheries, bringing the potential for disease, according to an account in the New Yorker magazine.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2024
His conversations range from hunting and whole-animal butchery to energy fields, reincarnation and the ghost that haunts one of the guest rooms upstairs.
—Ann Abel, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
On the grind-house end of things, Hooper is still celebrated, when he’s not being reviled, for inspiring an avalanche of hardware-store butchery and final girls.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2024
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“Butchery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/butchery. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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