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Noun: butchering  bû-chu-ring
  1. The business of a butcher
    - butchery
Verb: butcher  bû-chu(r)
  1. Kill (animals) usually for food consumption
    "They butchered their only goat to survive the winter"
    - slaughter

Derived forms: butcherings

See also: butchery

Type of: business, business enterprise, commercial enterprise, kill

Encyclopedia: Butcher Butcher, Oldfield Mouse

Butchering