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Butcher
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Human
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
butchers
Examples
The butcher carefully trimmed the beef to remove excess fat.
02
a retailer of meat
03
a brutal indiscriminate murderer
04
someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
to butcher
01
to kill and prepare animals, typically for food
Transitive: to butcher an animal
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
butcher
3rd person singular
butchers
Present participle
butchering
Past simple
butchered
Past participle
butchered
Examples
The farmer butchers chickens for meat to sell at the local market.
02
to kill people in a brutal and cruel way
Transitive: to butcher sb
Examples
The invaders butchered innocent civilians in the village.
03
to completely ruin something intentionally or due to lack of skill or care
Transitive: to butcher sth
Examples
He butchered the presentation by forgetting all the main points.
