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1.nounThe cruel, ruthless killings of humans, as at a slaughterhouse.
2.nounAn abattoir, a slaughterhouse.
3.nounThe butchering of meat.
4.nounA disastrous effort, an atrocious failure."This week’s impossible-to-pronounce word: Catania. Granted, it’s a little trickier than Palermo, but there was no excusing the verbal butchery that ensued. —blog."
5.nounA meat market
6.nounThe stereotypical behaviors and accoutrements of being a butch lesbian.