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    butch·er·y
    [ˈbo͝oCHərē]
    noun
    butchery (noun)
    1. the work of slaughtering animals and preparing them for sale as meat.
    2. the savage killing of large numbers of people:
      "the rebellions ended in butchery and defeat"
    Origin
    Middle English (denoting a slaughterhouse or meat market): from Old French boucherie, from bouchier ‘butcher’.
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    noun
    1. the work of slaughtering animals and preparing them for sale as meat.
      meat selling
      meat retailing
    2. the savage killing of large numbers of people:
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