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butchery

noun

ˈbu̇ch-rē

Definition of butchery

as in slaughter

the killing of a large number of people butchery on a scale that horrified the civilized world

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Recent Examples of butchery There’s no foraging, no organic garden to pluck basil and chili peppers from, no local butchery next door…and if there isn’t enough food flown in to account for multi-day weather delays? — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 May 2026 These days, the internet delivers butchery at a finger swipe. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026 Amid rising grocery costs, American shoppers are searching for inventive ways to save, like buying meat in bulk and taking on the butchery at home. — Kelly McCarthy, ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026 Vespaio was one of the first restaurants in the region to engage in whole animal butchery and even kept its own herb garden on the property. — Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 27 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for butchery

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They would be housed in a large, rectangular, concrete-block building that had originally been a holding pen and slaughter area for livestock.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 31 Aug. 2026
Many leaders of the slaughter were tried and convicted by a United Nations war crimes tribunal that has now closed down.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026

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Once the ruthless commander of Bosnian Serb forces, Mladic oversaw the siege of Sarajevo, mass killings and the 1995 Srebrenica massacre that left more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys dead.

— Jovana Gec, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
Ratko Mladić, the Bosnian-Serb general who orchestrated the Srebrenica massacre and the siege of Sarajevo during the Balkan wars, has died in prison aged 84.

— Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026

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