butchery

Plural: butcheries

Noun

• The brutal or wanton killing of many people or animals.
• a building where animals are butchered
• the business of a butcher
• the savage and excessive killing of many people
• The cruel, ruthless killings of humans, as at a slaughterhouse.
• An abattoir, a slaughterhouse.
• The butchering of meat.
• A disastrous effort, an atrocious failure.
• A meat market.
• The stereotypical behaviors and accoutrements of a butch lesbian.

Examples

• The opponent’s BUTCHERY of the board left no high-scoring spots available.

Synonyms

abattoir, butchering, carnage, mass murder, massacre, shambles, slaughter, slaughterhouse