butchered
Hacked up clumsily
Butchered is the past tense of butcher—to slaughter and prepare an animal for meat.
Extended uses describe killing brutally or violently: The villagers were butchered by invading soldiers.
Figuratively, to butcher is to ruin through incompetence: He butchered the pronunciation of her name, The editor butchered my article.
Uttered sounds incorrectly
- garbledConfused and unintelligible
- mangledSeverely disfigured or ruined
- murderedKilled with intent
- massacredKilled many brutally
distorted · corrupted · fractured · mutilated · bungled · slaughtered · hacked · misquoted
Killed violently, often many
- massacredKilled many brutally
- slainKilled, often violently
- murderedKilled with intent
- killedCaused to die
executed · annihilated · decimated · exterminated · carnage · bloodbath · atrocity · genocide
Killed violently, often many
- killedCaused to die
- slainKilled, often violently
- dressedWearing garments
- processedSubjected to operations
carved · cut · bled · gutted · skinned · quartered · cleaved · dispatched
mispronounced
Uttered sounds incorrectly
massacred · distorted · corrupted · fractured · mutilated · bungled · slaughtered · hacked · misquoted · misspoken
slaughtered
Killed violently, often many
killed · executed · annihilated · decimated · exterminated · carnage · bloodbath · atrocity · genocide · pogrom
slaughtered
Killed violently, often many
processed · carved · cut · bled · gutted · skinned · quartered · cleaved · dispatched · culled
mangled
Severely disfigured or ruined
destroyed · massacred · mutilated · wrecked · spoiled · marred · damaged · fumbled · mishandled · hacked
carved
Cut to create form
deboned · filleted · portioned · jointed · sectioned · cleaved · chopped · diced · cubed · sliced
- botchedbotched, bungled, messed up, screwed up, fouled up
- killedkilled, murdered, slain, assassinated, executed
- butcher shopStore selling raw meat
- butcher knifeHeavy blade for meat
- butcher blockLaminated wood work surface
- butcher paperHeavy food-wrapping paper
- butcher's knifeLarge blade for meat
- butcher knivesBlades for cutting meat
butcher, butchery, butchering, butchers, butcher's, butcherings