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  1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Butcher
  2. n. The business of a butcher.
  3. n. The act of slaughtering; the act of killing cruelly and needlessly.
  4. n. the business of a butcher
  5. 1. The business of a butcher. 2. The act of slaughtering; the act of killing cruelly and needlessly. That dreadful butchering of one another. Addison.
  6. n:100 n the business of a butcher v kill (animals) usually for food consumption