- (v.t.) To kill or slaughter (animals) for food or for market; as, to butcher hogs.
- (n.) A slaughterer; one who kills in large numbers or with unusual cruelty; one who causes needless loss of life, as in battle.
- (v.t.) To murder or kill, especially in an unusually bloody or barbarous manner.
- (n.) One who slaughters animals or dresses their flesh for market; one whose occupation it is to kill animals for food.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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