butchery
Definitions
The trade or business of slaughtering animals and preparing meat for sale.
The brutal or indiscriminate slaughter of people or animals.
A botched or ruinous piece of work.
Examples
The local market is famous for the quality of its butchery and fresh cuts of meat.
The senseless butchery of the innocent civilians left the entire nation in a state of shock.
He decided to enroll in a course to learn the fine art of traditional butchery.
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