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Webster 1913 Edition

Butchering

Butch′er-ing

,

Noun.

1.

The business of a butcher.

2.

The act of slaughtering; the act of killing cruelly and needlessly.

That dreadful

butchering

of one another.

Addison.

Definition 2024

butchering

butchering

English

Verb

butchering

present participle of butcher

Noun

butchering ‎(plural butcherings)

The act by which someone or something is butchered; a slaughter or killing.