Butchered

verb

Word Frequency: 0.5

Definitions

1.verbTo slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.

2.verbTo kill brutally.

3.verbTo ruin (something), often to the point of defamation.

"The band at that bar really butchered "Hotel California"."

4.adjective(of an animal) Taken apart professionally, as a butcher might.

5.adjective(by extension) Taken apart, destroyed or distorted beyond recognition.

"a butchered translation of Horace"

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