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Thesaurus: butcherly

Like a butcher; without compunction; savage; bloody; inhuman; fell.

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  1. a. Like a butcher; without compunction; savage; bloody; inhuman; fell.
  2. adj. poorly done
  3. adj. accompanied by bloodshed
  4. Like a butcher; without compunction; savage; bloody; inhuman; fell. "The victim of a butcherly murder." D. Webster. What stratagems, how fell, how butcherly, This deadly quarrel daily doth beget! Shak. BUTCHER'S BROOM Butch"er's broom`. (Bot.) A genus of plants (Ruscus); esp. R. aculeatus, which has large red berries and leaflike branches. See Cladophyll.
  5. Like a butcher; without compunction; savage; bloody; inhuman;fell. "The victim of a butcherly murder." D. Webster.What stratagems, how fell, how butcherly, This deadly quarrel dailydoth beget! Shak.
  6. s poorly done s accompanied by bloodshed