Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun butchering

1 sense of butchering

Sense 1
butchery, butchering -- (the business of a butcher)
       => commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business -- (the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb butcher

1 sense of butcher

Sense 1
butcher, slaughter -- (kill (animals) usually for food consumption; "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter")
       => kill -- (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays")