Butchering

verb

Word Frequency: 0.3

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.nounThe act by which someone or something is butchered; a slaughter or killing.

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