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butcher

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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈbʊtʃər/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈbʊtʃɚ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(bŏŏchər)


butcher
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Sense: Noun: meat seller
Synonyms:
meat seller, meat vendor, meat merchant, meat cutter, slaughterer, slaughterhouse worker, meat packer, meat process worker, pork butcher, charcutier
Sense: Noun: murderer
Synonyms:
murderer Collocations, mass murderer, slaughterer, killer Collocations, ripper (informal), serial killer, assassin, hitman, cold-blooded killer
Sense: Verb: prepare animals as meat
Synonyms:
slaughter Collocations, kill Collocations, cut up, cut Collocations, carve, carve up, chop up, gut Collocations, clean Collocations, slice up, prepare Collocations, dress Collocations, bone Collocations, debone, quarter Collocations, skin Collocations, stun Collocations, take sth to the slaughter
Sense: Verb: murder
Synonyms:
murder Collocations, kill Collocations, slaughter Collocations, slay Collocations, massacre, cut down, stab sb to death, beat sb to death, disembowel, eviscerate, stab Collocations, knife Collocations, assassinate
Sense: Verb: do sth badly
Synonyms:
botch (informal), ruin Collocations, spoil Collocations, wreck Collocations, murder Collocations (informal), massacre (informal), mangle, mess up (slang), screw up (slang), fuck up (vulgar, offensive, slang), bungle, mutilate, destroy Collocations, do sth badly, perform sth badly, make a mess of (informal), cock up (UK, slang), bollocks up (UK, slang)

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