butcheries
Where animals become cuts
Butcheries is the plural of butchery, which has two main senses.
A butchery is a place where animals are slaughtered or meat is sold—more common in British English than American, where butcher shop prevails.
The other sense is brutal, indiscriminate killing: The massacre was pure butchery.
This figurative use emphasizes savagery and lack of restraint.
Kills in large numbers
- carnageWidespread violent death
- bloodbathsLarge-scale violent killings
- massacresBrutal group killings
- atrocitiesExtremely cruel acts
killings · bloodshed · genocides · pogroms · mass murders · ethnic cleansing · war crimes · death squads
Livestock killing facilities
- slaughterhousesFacilities for killing livestock
- meatpackingProcessing livestock into food
- killing floorsWhere livestock are dispatched
- processing plantsFacilities transforming raw materials
carcasses · livestock · meat hooks · bleeding · evisceration · culling · stunning · dressing
Stores selling animal flesh
- delicatessensSpecialty prepared food shops
- charcuteriesCured meat purveyors
- countersSurfaces, talliers, or chips
- display casesEnclosed containers for exhibiting
cuts · joints · sausages · mincemeat · cold cuts · cured meats · lamb cuts
Mediocre commercial output
- manglingDestructive distortion or disfigurement
- bunglingMishandling through incompetence
- mutilationsActs causing severe disfigurement
- ruinationsActs causing total collapse
slaughters
Kills in large numbers
- carnageWidespread violent death
- bloodbathsLarge-scale violent killings
- massacresBrutal group killings
atrocities · killings · bloodshed · genocides · pogroms · mass murders · ethnic cleansing · war crimes · death squads · exterminations
abattoirs
Livestock killing facilities
- slaughterhousesFacilities for killing livestock
- meatpackingProcessing livestock into food
- killing floorsWhere livestock are dispatched
processing plants · carcasses · livestock · meat hooks · bleeding · evisceration · culling · stunning · dressing · rendering
meat markets
Stores selling animal flesh
- delicatessensSpecialty prepared food shops
- charcuteriesCured meat purveyors
- countersSurfaces, talliers, or chips
display cases · cuts · joints · sausages · mincemeat · cold cuts · cured meats · lamb cuts
hackwork
Mediocre commercial output
- manglingDestructive distortion or disfigurement
- bunglingMishandling through incompetence
- mutilationsActs causing severe disfigurement
butcheriessanctuaries
Protected places of refuge
rescues · preservations · salvations · mercies · healings
butcheriesfarms
Agricultural land holdings
nurseries · orchards · gardens · greenhouses · hatcheries
butcheriesmasterworks
Supreme creative achievements
surgeries · craftsmanship · artistry · finesse · virtuosities