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butchering.

The act by which someone or something is butchered.

10 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. The act by which someone or something is butchered. Dismemberment. Dismemberment of animals as food.

    countable · uncountable

  2. The act by which someone or something is butchered. Dismemberment. Dismemberment of humans as manslaughter or murder.

    countable · uncountable

  3. The act by which someone or something is butchered. Killing, especially of a human being, regardless of whether any dismemberment is involved.

    broadly · countable · uncountable

  4. The act by which someone or something is butchered. Botching; a botched job.

    countable · figuratively · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English butch Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Germanic *-izô Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō Proto-Germanic *-ōzô Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō Old English -ra Middle English -ere English -er English butcher Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English butchering From butcher + -ing.

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of butcher

    form-of · gerund · participle · present
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English butch Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Germanic *-izô Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō Proto-Germanic *-ōzô Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō Old English -ra Middle English -ere English -er English butcher Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English butchering From butcher + -ing.

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