butchered

VERB

slay and prepare animal for meat

Synonyms

STRONGEST

slaughter

STRONG

carve clean cure cut dress joint liquidate salt smoke stick

WEAK

beef up cut down

VERB

ruin

Synonyms

STRONGEST

mutilate

STRONG

botch destroy spoil wreck

WEAK

bollix up goof up louse up make a mess of screw up

Antonyms

STRONG

build create repair

Example Sentences

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Website Mashable.com said "'Sheesha Ronan' gets surprise nomination for best Butchered Awards Name."

From Reuters • Dec. 10, 2015

Butchered in foreign tongues, “Seonjae” did not have the beauty and power that accompanied it back in Seoul.

From Time • Oct. 2, 2014

Butchered bones found at archaeological sites include the remains of mammoths and mastodons.

From Slate • Feb. 28, 2013

He just makes His masters look ridiculous, when his pomp's Butchered to make a bumpkin's holiday.

From Georgian Poetry 1913-15 by Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir

"Butchered to make a Roman holiday," I mutter between my teeth, with my heart in my mouth.

From The Opinions of a Philosopher by Grant, Robert