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Definition of butcher verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

     

    butcher

     verb
    verb
    NAmE//ˈbʊtʃər//
     
    Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they butcher
     
     he / she / it butchers
     
     past simple butchered
     
     -ing form butchering
     
     
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  1. 1butcher somebody to kill people in a very cruel and violent way
  2. 2butcher something to kill animals and cut them up for use as meat
  3. 3butcher something to spoil something by doing it very badly The script was good, but those guys butchered it.
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