butchery
pronunciation
How to pronounce butchery in British English:
UK [ˈbʊtʃəri]
How to pronounce butchery in American English:
US [ˈbʊtʃəri]
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- Noun:
- a building where animals are butchered
- the business of a butcher
- the savage and excessive killing of many people
Word Origin
- butchery (n.)
- "the trade of a butcher," mid-15c., bocherie, from Old French bocherie (13c., Modern French boucherie), from bochier (see butcher (n.)).
Example
- 1. The butchery is filmed on mobile phones and passed around , spreading the terror further .
- 2. In his study , bunn and his colleagues looked at a huge butchery site in the olduvai gorge in tanzania .
- 3. The butchery would have been unsparing . His people would have been cast into a darkness more complete than ever .
- 4. I issued a statement condemning the butchery , extending my sympathy to the victim 's families , and urging the parties of peace to redouble their efforts .
- 5. He is now on trial at the hague on 11 counts of war crimes , crimes against humanity and other butchery .