butchery
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8.1
- noun
- /ˈbʊtʃəri/
- NSFW
:
masacre
- Historians study the events to understand the reasons behind the widespread butchery in that era.
The next reference to tyrants has to do with the, as it's being translated here, the butcheries.
- The next reference to tyrants has to do with the, as it's being translated here, the butcheries.
- Let him walk among them, wild as they were, and having nothing from men's hands but castration and butchery.
Examples
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On the battlefields, the butchery was industrial in its scale and efficiency.
Academic text (2003) -
Witnesses described scenes of butchery that would haunt them for the rest of their lives.
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People of faith have committed acts of butchery throughout all time.
Blog text (6) -
After all, if the King was relying on such butchery of English people to win this war, was he truly their King?
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Many trace responsibility for the butchery to extreme ideologies.
Academic text (2006) -
The butchery of war defies, for those who know it, articulation.
Blog text (12) -
My sister and I were sheltered from the worst of it, though we did live through some unspeakable scenes of butchery and death.
Academic text (2000) -
That's not warfare, it's butchery... and I can't let them do that to our men.
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Jinnah was very indignant and declared, "Jallianwala Bagh was a physical butchery."
Academic text (2018) -
The documentary revealed the shocking butchery of innocent civilians during the conflict.
Synonyms
690
4.1
An act that causes a person or animal to die
198
7.0
The violent killing of many people in a cruel way
187
5.6
Very cruel and violent actions that hurt people
151
8.1
A very cruel or violent act that shocks people, often against innocent people
147
7.7
Killing many people on purpose because they are the same race, country, or religion
107
4.6
Killing or hurting many people in war and other violence
80
5.7
Violent killing of a large number of people
65
8.2
A mass killing of people, often during war or attacks
45
7.0
A violent event in which many people are killed or a situation with very large losses
38
6.7
Killing many people on purpose at the same time or in a short time
20
7.4
Extreme cruelty or violence that hurts people
13
8.0
A very cruel act that hurts or kills many people
12
6.6
Very cruel actions that show no care for other people
6
9.3
A large-scale killing of people during war or political violence
6
8.4
Very cruel and violent behavior that hurts people
A killing of many people at once that is cruel
A situation with very strong violence causing much damage and many deaths
A violent event where many people are killed and people feel deep sorrow
Planned killing of a racial or cultural group to destroy them
A very cruel way of behaving that shows no kindness
Antonyms
How Violent
- Offensive
147
7.7
- NSFW
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8.1
- Offensive
198
7.0
- NSFW
158
5.7
- NSFW
690
4.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Butchery also came to be used for very violent killing because it brings to mind the way a butcher kills animals, so the word can mean 'a massacre' or 'brutal slaughter'.