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Word: Butcher
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French bochier, from boc ‘he-goat’, probably of the same ultimate origin as buck
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈbʊtʃə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
slaughter or cut up (an animal) for food.
Short Definition:slaughter or cut up animal
Definition:
kill (a person or people) indiscriminately or brutally
Short Definition:kill brutally
Examples:- they rounded up and butchered 250 people
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