butchering

Definitions

The act of slaughtering and dressing animals for food.

The act of ruining or spoiling something through clumsy or incompetent handling.

Examples

The chef was busy butchering the large side of beef for the evening service.

He was accused of butchering the classic song with his off-key performance.

The amateur carpenter ended up butchering the expensive wood by cutting it to the wrong dimensions.

Synonyms

slaughtering massacring killing slaying mutilating destroying ruining

Antonyms

creating preserving saving repairing fixing improving perfecting