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butcher

noun as in meat killer, seller

verb as in slay and prepare animal for meat

verb as in ruin

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Example Sentences

It flags up things like whether there is a local butcher, bookshops, a park, schools, churches or a farmers' market.

From BBC

He also bought a specialist butchering knife and ordered an air pistol, which never arrived.

From BBC

A Scottish butcher's kebab pie has taken the top spot as "pie of pies" at the British Pie Awards.

From BBC

He also bought a specialist butchering knife, rope, petrol cans and duct tape, and ordered an air pistol, which never arrived.

From BBC

The camera holds on a tight shot of a tomato being butchered by a dull kitchen knife, juice and seeds spilling out as the fruit splits down its sides.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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