Synonyms for butcher
ˈbʊtʃ ərbutch·er

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1. butcher

   To kill is simply to deprive of life, human, animal, or vegetable, with no suggestion of how or why. Assassinate, execute, murder, apply only to the taking of human life; to murder is to kill with premeditation and malicious intent; to execute is to kill in fulfilment of a legal sentence; to assassinate is to kill by assault; this word is chiefly applied to the killing of public or eminent persons through alleged political motives, whether secretly or openly. To slay is to kill by a blow, or by a weapon. Butcher and slaughter apply primarily to the killing of cattle; massacre is applied primarily and almost exclusively to human beings, signifying to kill them indiscriminately in large numbers; to massacre is said when there is no chance of successful resistance; to butcher when the killing is especially brutal; soldiers mown down in a hopeless charge are said to be slaughtered when no brutality on the enemy's part is implied. To despatch is to kill swiftly and in general quietly, always with intention, with or without right.

   Synonyms:
   assassinate, despatch, execute, kill, massacre, murder, put to death, slaughter, slay

   Preposition:
   To kill with or by sword, famine, pestilence, care, grief, etc.; killed for his money, by a robber, with a dagger.

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1. butcher, meatmannoun

   a retailer of meat

   Synonyms:
   bungler, fumbler, botcher, meatman, sad sack, stumbler, blunderer, slaughterer, bumbler

2. butchernoun

   a brutal indiscriminate murderer

   Synonyms:
   bungler, fumbler, botcher, meatman, sad sack, stumbler, blunderer, slaughterer, bumbler

3. butcher, slaughterernoun

   a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market

   Synonyms:
   bungler, fumbler, botcher, meatman, sad sack, stumbler, blunderer, slaughterer, bumbler

4. bungler, blunderer, fumbler, bumbler, stumbler, sad sack, botcher, butcher, fuckupverb

   someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence

   Synonyms:
   bloomer, blunderer, botcher, bungle, flub, blooper, stumbler, tripper, pratfall, fumbler, foul-up, sad sack, meatman, boo-boo, blunder, bumbler, slaughterer, boner, botch, bungler

5. butcher, slaughterverb

   kill (animals) usually for food consumption

   "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter"

   Synonyms:
   massacre, mow down, slaughter

Matched Categories

1. • Kill
   • Murderer
   • Skilled Worker

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1. butchernoun

   Synonyms:
   slayer, killer, murderer, slaughterer, assassin, cut-throat

2. butcherverb

   Synonyms:
   kill, MURDER, slay, slaughter, massacre, ASSASSINATE, despatch, put to death

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1. butcherverb

   Synonyms:
   slaughter

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1. List of paraphrases for "butcher":

   boucher, stopper, executioner

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1. Robert Heinlein:

   A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

2. Stella Kyriakides:

   We reject the logic of first come, first served, that may work at the neighborhood butcher's but not in contracts and not in our advanced purchase agreements.

3. Robert A. Heinlein:

   A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, cone a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.

4. Ran Barkai:

   In order to be able to use animal resources, they needed to have tools in order to cut and butcher.

5. Tommy Boy:

   Tommy You can take a good look at a T-bone by sticking your head up a bull's ass, but wouldn't you rather take the butcher's word for it