BUTCHER (2)

butcher (2). Butcher, v.t. to kill, to slay inhumanly

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Butch″er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Butchered (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Butchering.] 1. 1. To kill or slaughter (animals) for food, or for market; as, to butcher hogs.
2. 2. To murder, or kill, especially in an unusually bloody or barbarous manner. Macaulay.
was murdered, rather butchered. Ford.