butchering

verb

  1. 1

    To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.

  2. 2

    To kill brutally.

  3. 3

    To ruin (something), often to the point of defamation.

    The band at that bar really butchered "Hotel California".

noun

  1. 1

    The act by which someone or something is butchered; a slaughter or killing.

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