1. Noun
One who slaughters animals, or dresses their flesh for market; one whose occupation it is to kill animals for food.
2. Noun
A slaughterer; one who kills in large numbers, or with unusual cruelty; one who causes needless loss of life, as in battle.
3. Verb
To kill or slaughter (animals) for food, or for market; as, to butcher hogs.
4. Verb
To murder, or kill, especially in an unusually bloody or barbarous manner.
5. Noun
a brutal indiscriminate murderer
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