Butcher

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To murder, or kill, especially in an unusually bloody or barbarous manner.

II. Butcher ·vt To kill or slaughter (animals) for food, or for market; as, to butcher hogs.

III. Butcher ·noun One who slaughters animals, or dresses their flesh for market; one whose occupation it is to kill animals for food.

IV. Butcher ·noun A slaughterer; one who kills in large numbers, or with unusual cruelty; one who causes needless loss of life, as in battle.

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