BUTCHERS Synonyms: 102 Similar and Opposite Words

butchers 1 of 2

noun

plural of butcher

as in blunderers

someone who bungles an effort the newest intern on the campaign is a butcher when it comes to writing press releases

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butchers

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verb

present tense third-person singular of butcher

as in slaughters

to kill on a large scale the barbarians butchered the monks in the monasteries without mercy

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to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way the new piano student butchered the sonatina

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One of those students, Aaron Chin, revealed himself as one of the butchers on a podcast a few months after the incident. — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2026 Summerland Cafe is the first concept to open at the farmers market, which will have a variety of stalls featuring local growers, butchers and other food businesses once it debuts. — Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 25 July 2026 Plumbers, painters, carpenters and butchers are frequently affected. — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 25 July 2026 Tennis elbow is often tied to plumbers, painters, carpenters and butchers — not athletes — per Mayo Clinic, reflecting how job design shapes upper-extremity health. — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 25 July 2026 That’s when Champion made thick cotton tops with hoods to help keep butchers warm in meat lockers and construction crews insulated during periods of cold outdoor labor. — Faran Krentcil, InStyle, 1 July 2026 In their quest for the best produce, the trio searched around each location for the best butchers and bakeries to acquire fresh meat and bread each day. — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 29 June 2026 Independent butchers are rare these days, as chain grocery stores with in-house butchers have become more prevalent. — Emily M. Olson, Hartford Courant, 12 June 2026 Brown butchers then salts the chickens overnight, and marinates them in a mixture of ancho and puya chiles, garlic and chipotle. — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026

Verb

But isn’t the manager culpable when his dugout repeatedly butchers fundamental baserunning and defensive basics? — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2026 Stanley Tucci is back as Nigel, Miranda’s unfailingly loyal consigliere, who never butchers a bon mot or wears the same pocket square twice. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2026 The face of the already iconic series is the enigmatic Art the Clown, a demonic serial killer who butchers the inhabitants of the fictitious Miles County, New York. — Simon Thompson, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025

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Notably, this happens after Odysseus slaughters Penelope’s suitors and tells Telemachus to kill the female slaves who have slept with them.

— Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 17 July 2026
When a wandering wolf threatens his fragile peace and slaughters his flock, Gaspard, blinded by rage, embarks on a perilous quest for vengeance — one that will lead him to the farthest reaches of his sorrow and guilt.

— Kevin Giraud, Variety, 22 June 2026

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The Las Vegas spectacle, which opened to the public in August 2025, already blows audiences around with tornado-force wind, shakes them with haptic seats, sends giant winged monkeys flying overhead and drops hundreds of foam apples from the ceiling.

— Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
By the time Frey and Felder nearly came to blows backstage in the summer of 1980, however, those threads were too frayed to hold.

— Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 30 Aug. 2026

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And that’s a bit of a problem, because nothing ruins the allure of the new and novel quite like ubiquity.

— Byron Hurd, The Drive, 27 Aug. 2026
Actual Roman ruins As for those interested in seeing legitimate sites, Arya recommends Verona for an amphitheater, or Aquileia, two and a half hours northeast on Veneto’s border with Friuli.

— Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026

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