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   butchery

   /ˈbʊtʃ(ə)ri/

   noun

   • 1. the work of slaughtering animals and preparing them for sale as meat. Similar meat sellingmeat retailing
   • ▪ a slaughterhouse. British Similar abattoirslaughterhouseknacker's yardarchaic:shamblesbutcher-row
   • ▪ a butcher's shop. British Similar butcher'sbutcher's shopmeat marketmeat counter
   • 2. the savage killing of large numbers of people: "the rebellions ended in butchery and defeat" Similar slaughtermassacreslayingmurderingmurdermass murderinghomicideblood shedding

   Word Origin Middle English (denoting a slaughterhouse or meat market): from Old French boucherie, from bouchier ‘butcher’.

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