butcher
but
ˈbʊ
boo
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ʧər
chēr
/ˈbʊtʃə/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "butcher"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ•āϏāĻžāχ, āĻŽāĻžāĻ‚āϏ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰ⧇āϤāĻž

someone who cuts up and sells meat as a job
butcher definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He apprenticed under a skilled butcher to learn the art of meat preparation.
āĻŽāĻžāĻ‚āϏ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻļāĻŋāĻ–āϤ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώ āĻ•āϏāĻžāχ āĻāϰ āĻ…āϧ⧀āύ⧇ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāύāĻŦāĻŋāϏ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ•āϏāĻžāχ, āĻŽāĻžāĻ‚āϏ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰ⧇āϤāĻž

a retailer of meat
butcher definition and meaning
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āĻ•āϏāĻžāχ, āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻŽ āϘāĻžāϤāĻ•

a brutal indiscriminate murderer
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āĻ•āϏāĻžāχ, āĻ…āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώ

someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
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āϜāĻŦāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to kill and prepare animals, typically for food
Transitive: to butcher an animal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In the traditional practice, the community would butcher a cow for a festive feast.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻžāĻ—āϤ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ⧇, āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻŦ āĻ­ā§‹āĻœā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ—āϰ⧁ āϜāĻŦāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰāϤāĨ¤
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āĻšāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•āϏāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to kill people in a brutal and cruel way
Transitive: to butcher sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They butchered their victims and left a trail of devastation behind.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻšāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to completely ruin something intentionally or due to lack of skill or care
Transitive: to butcher sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She butchered the song with her off-key singing.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϭ⧁āϞ āϏ⧁āϰ⧇ āĻ—āĻžāύāϟāĻŋ āύāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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