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English

butchering

verb

Meaning

  1. To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
  2. To kill brutally.
  3. To ruin (something), often to the point of defamation.
  4. The act by which someone or something is butchered; a slaughter or killing.

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Sources

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