[ˈbʊtʃ(ə)ri], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the work of slaughtering animals and preparing them for sale as meat

- the savage killing of large numbers of people
(e.g: the rebellions ended in butchery and defeat)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (denoting a slaughterhouse or meat market): from Old French boucherie, from bouchier ‘butcher’