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   Butch·er·y

   /ˈbo͝oCHərē/

   

   noun

   • 1. the work of slaughtering animals and preparing them for sale as meat. Similar meat sellingmeat retailing
   • 2. the savage killing of large numbers of people: "the rebellions ended in butchery and defeat" Similar slaughtermassacreslayingmurderingmurdermass murderinghomicideblood shedding

   Word Origin Middle English (denoting a slaughterhouse or meat market): from Old French boucherie, from bouchier ‘butcher’.

   Scrabble Points: 18

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