butchering

English

Verb

butchering

1. present participle and gerund of butcher

Noun

butchering (countable and uncountable, plural butcherings)

1. The act by which someone or something is butchered, as:
   1. Dismemberment.

      Coordinate terms: killing, slaughtering (coordinate in precise usage referring to animal carcasses)

   2. (loosely) Slaughter or killing, especially of a human being.
   3. (figuratively) Botching; a botched job.

Derived terms

• pig butchering