Butchery
noun
The job or place where animals are killed for meat.
He works in the local butchery
Often appears as...
- local butchery
- butchery shop
noun
The cruel killing of a lot of people.
The butchery on the battlefield was horrendous
Often appears as...
- battlefield butchery
- butchery of innocent people
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Disapproving
noun
The process of preparing meat for sale in a shop.
She learned the art of butchery from her father
Often appears as...
- art of butchery
- butchery skills
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Formal
noun
The job or place where animals are killed for meat.
He works in the local butchery
Often appears as...
- local butchery
- butchery shop
noun
The cruel killing of a lot of people.
The butchery on the battlefield was horrendous
Often appears as...
- battlefield butchery
- butchery of innocent people
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
The process of preparing meat for sale in a shop.
She learned the art of butchery from her father
Often appears as...
- art of butchery
- butchery skills
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Workplace Context
Think of 'butchery' as a place of business in this context, specifically for meat processing.
The new butchery down the street only sells organic meats.
Pro Tip 2/2Not a Butcher
'Butchery' is not used to refer to a butcher, the person who cuts meat. Do not confuse the terms.
I'm going to the butchery to meet the butcher about a custom order.
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Video examples
Sean Sherman: Why aren't...
because it's important for us to learn. So when we're looking at Indigenous education, it's a study of all these pieces, wild food, permaculture, native agriculture, seed saving, seasonal lifestyles, ethno-oceanography, hunting, fishing, whole animal butchery, mycology, salt, sugar and fat productions,
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Safari Live - Day 269 PIPE...
all over the world and more so here in Kenya we have had the medical world talking about ostrich meat which is very good with maybe zero or many more currents from comparing to other meats that you get in the butchery and having
Video examples
Sean Sherman: Why aren't...
because it's important for us to learn. So when we're looking at Indigenous education, it's a study of all these pieces, wild food, permaculture, native agriculture, seed saving, seasonal lifestyles, ethno-oceanography, hunting, fishing, whole animal butchery, mycology, salt, sugar and fat productions,
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Safari Live - Day 269 PIPE...
all over the world and more so here in Kenya we have had the medical world talking about ostrich meat which is very good with maybe zero or many more currents from comparing to other meats that you get in the butchery and having
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Quote examples
Terry Glavin
Canadian Author
Afghans long ago resigned themselves to this sort of thing. Compromises must be made. Deals with the devil are better than ceaseless butchery. In the exigencies of post-conflict bygones, against the threat of collapse into more terrible bloodletting, the ugliness of realpolitik is the lesser evil.
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Jiddu Krishnamurti
Indian Philosopher
It is violence when we use a sharp word, when we make a gesture to brush away a person. So violence isn't merely organized butchery in the name of God, in the name of society or country. Violence is much more subtle, much deeper.
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Karin Slaughter
American Writer
The most enduring stories in literature generally have some kind of crime at their center, whether it's the bloody butchery of 'Hamlet,' the lecherous misanthropes of Dickens or the lone gunman from 'The Great Gatsby.
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Ida B. Wells
American Activist
The alleged menace of universal suffrage having been avoided by the absolute suppression of the negro vote, the spirit of mob murder should have been satisfied and the butchery of negroes should have ceased.
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Terry Glavin
Canadian Author
Afghans long ago resigned themselves to this sort of thing. Compromises must be made. Deals with the devil are better than ceaseless butchery. In the exigencies of post-conflict bygones, against the threat of collapse into more terrible bloodletting, the ugliness of realpolitik is the lesser evil.
Quote examples
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Indian Philosopher
It is violence when we use a sharp word, when we make a gesture to brush away a person. So violence isn't merely organized butchery in the name of God, in the name of society or country. Violence is much more subtle, much deeper.
Quote examples
Karin Slaughter
American Writer
The most enduring stories in literature generally have some kind of crime at their center, whether it's the bloody butchery of 'Hamlet,' the lecherous misanthropes of Dickens or the lone gunman from 'The Great Gatsby.
Quote examples
Ida B. Wells
American Activist
The alleged menace of universal suffrage having been avoided by the absolute suppression of the negro vote, the spirit of mob murder should have been satisfied and the butchery of negroes should have ceased.
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