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butcher v. [
slaughter] kill (animals) usually for food consumption; "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter"
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butcher n. [
meatman] a retailer of meat
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butcher n. a brutal indiscriminate murderer
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butcher n. [
slaughterer] a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market
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butcher n. [
bungler, blunderer, fumbler, bumbler, stumbler, sad sack, botcher, fuckup] someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
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