noun. Wanton or cruel killing; carnage.

noun. Something botched; a bungle.

noun. The trade of a butcher.

noun. A slaughterhouse.

noun. Slaughter; the act or business of slaughtering cattle.

noun. The killing of a human being, especially in a barbarous manner; also, the killing of a large number, as in battle; great slaughter.

noun. The place where animals are killed for market; a shambles or slaughter-house; hence, a place where blood is shed.

noun. Synonyms Carnage, etc. See massacre.

noun. The business of a butcher.

noun. Murder or manslaughter, esp. when committed with unusual barbarity; great or cruel slaughter.

noun. A slaughterhouse; the shambles; a place where blood is shed.

noun. The cruel, ruthless killings of humans, as at a slaughterhouse.

noun. An abattoir, a slaughterhouse.

noun. The butchering of meat.

noun. A disastrous effort, an atrocious failure.

noun. The stereotypical behaviors and accouterments of being a butch lesbian.

noun. the business of a butcher

noun. the savage and excessive killing of many people

noun. a building where animals are butchered