butchery
nounHow to pronounce butchery:
Definition of butchery:
- butchery (noun):
- slaughterhouse
- senseless slaughter
- the savage and excessive killing of many people.
Synonyms for butchery:
abattoir
battue
blood bath
blood-letting
bloodbath
bloodletting
bloodshed
butchering
carnage
death
execution
genocide
holocaust
killing
mass murder
massacre
murder
shambles
slaughter
slaughterhouse
slaying
Antonyms for butchery:
accord
agreement
appeasement
calm
calmness
conciliation
concord
harmony
love
pacification
pacifism
peace
peacefulness
peacetime
placidity
serenity
tranquility
tranquillity
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- cathexis
- catholic
- cattily
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