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1. Kill (animals) usually for food consumption
   "They butchered their only goat to survive the winter";
   - slaughter
    
2. Kill a large number of people indiscriminately
   "The Hutus butchered the Tutsis in Rwanda";
   - massacre, slaughter, mow down
    
3. Make a mess of, destroy or ruin
   - botch, bodge [Brit], bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub [N. Amer], screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bobble [N. Amer], mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, goof up, balls up, cock up [Brit]

1. A retailer of meat
   - meatman
    
2. A brutal indiscriminate murderer
    
3. A person who slaughters or dresses meat for market
   - slaughterer
    
4. Someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
   - bungler, blunderer, fumbler, bumbler, stumbler, sad sack [N. Amer], botcher

1. Used of men; markedly masculine in appearance or manner
   - macho
    
2. (of male or female homosexuals) characterized by stereotypically male traits or appearance

Derived forms: butchered, butchers, butchering

See also: homosexual, masculine

Type of: fail, go wrong, incompetent, incompetent person, kill, liquidator, manslayer, merchandiser, merchant, miscarry, murderer, skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker

Encyclopedia: Butcher Butcher, Oldfield Mouse