butchering
/ˈbʊtʃərɪŋ/
verb
- Present participle of butcher; killing animals for food or preparing meat.
- They are butchering the lamb for the holiday feast.
- The apprentice is learning how to butcher a chicken.
- He is butchering a pig for the family barbecue.
- Present participle of butcher; killing or destroying in a violent or cruel way.
- The soldiers were butchering innocent villagers.
- The film showed the army butchering its enemies.
- The invaders were butchering anyone who resisted.
- Present participle of butcher; ruining or spoiling something through clumsy or careless action.
- The contractor is butchering the renovation job.
- He is butchering the recipe by adding too much salt.
- The singer is butchering the national anthem.
Antonyms
noun
- The act of killing animals for food and preparing their meat.
- Butchering requires skill and knowledge of animal anatomy.
- The farmer learned traditional butchering from his father.
- Modern butchering follows strict health and safety rules.
- A violent or cruel killing or destruction.
- The butchering of the prisoners shocked the world.
- The documentary showed the butchering of entire villages.
- The butchering of civilians during the war was condemned worldwide.
- The act of ruining or spoiling something, especially through clumsy or careless action.
- His butchering of the English language was painful to hear.
- The butchering of the classic song made everyone cringe.
- The butchering of the original design disappointed the architect.