Butchery - English meaning

Butchery – definitions in English dictionary

noun
The work of slaughtering animals and preparing them for sale as meat.
Usage examples:
If women were in the encampment they would be segregated and would prepare the meal, although slaug…
Synonims:
Meat selling Meat retailing
noun
The savage killing of large numbers of people.
Usage examples:
The rebellions ended in butchery and defeat
Synonims:
Slaughter Massacre Slaying Murdering Murder Mass murdering Homicide Blood shedding

Butchery translation into English

Butchery: translate from English into Chinese

屠宰场

Butchery: translate from English into Dutch

Slagerij, Slachting, Vleeshouwerij, Slachtplaats

Butchery: translate from English into French

Boucherie, Massacre, Carnage, Abattage

Butchery: translate from English into German

Metzgerei, Gemetzel, Schlächterei, Metzelei

Butchery: translate from English into Hindi

कसाईखाना, कसाईघर, बूचड़खाना, सामूहिक हत्या, क़त्लेआम

Butchery: translate from English into Italian

La macelleria, Macello, Strage

Butchery: translate from English into Korean

도살장

Butchery: translate from English into Russian

Бойня, Скотобойня, Резня, Мясная лавка, Торговля мясом, Скотный двор

Butchery: translate from English into Spanish

Carnicería, Matanza, Hecatombe

Word origin

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

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Butchery – similar words

butcheries

noun
The work of slaughtering animals and preparing them for sale as meat.
Usage examples:
If women were in the encampment they would be segregated and would prepare the meal, although slaug…

Butcheries - all meanings in English

Butchery synonims

homicide

noun
The killing of one person by another.
Usage examples:
He was charged with homicide

noun
The crime of killing a person; murder
Usage examples:
[ u ] he was convicted of homicide.

Homicide - all meanings in English

massacre

noun
An indiscriminate and brutal slaughter of many people.
Usage examples:
The attack was described as a cold-blooded massacre

verb
Deliberately and brutally kill (many people).
Usage examples:
Thousands were brutally massacred by soldiers

noun
The killing of a large number of people, esp. people who are not involved in any fighting or have no way of defending themselves
Usage examples:
Guerrilla troops are thought to have massacred the entire village.

Massacre - all meanings in English

murder

noun
The unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another.
Usage examples:
The brutal murder of a german holidaymaker

verb
Kill (someone) unlawfully and with premeditation.
Usage examples:
He was accused of murdering his wife's lover

verb
Unlawful premeditated killing of a human being

Murder - all meanings in English

murdering

verb
Kill (someone) unlawfully and with premeditation.
Usage examples:
He was accused of murdering his wife's lover

noun
The unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another.
Usage examples:
The brutal murder of a german holidaymaker

noun
A very difficult or unpleasant task or experience.
Usage examples:
The 40-mile-per-hour winds at the summit were murder

Murdering - all meanings in English

slaughter

verb
Kill (animals) for food.
Usage examples:
At present the abattoir is slaughtering animals for the domestic market

noun
The killing of animals for food.
Usage examples:
Thousands of calves were exported to the continent for slaughter

noun
The killing of animals for their meat, or the killing of large numbers of animals in a cruel manner
Usage examples:
We must find ways of reducing the slaughter on the highways (= deaths of many people in car acciden…

Slaughter - all meanings in English

slaying

noun
The killing of a person or animal.
Usage examples:
The slaying of a dragon

verb
Kill (a person or animal) in a violent way.
Usage examples:
St george slew the dragon

Slaying - all meanings in English

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