as in slaughter
the killing of a large number of people
butchery on a scale that horrified the civilized world
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This small neighborhood restaurant focuses on nose-to-tail butchery and farm-to-table, emphasizing minimizing waste and supporting a sustainable food system in the Great Lakes region.
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Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 8 Nov. 2024
Running a sustainable butchery or meat alternative company can be tough for all sorts of reasons: costs are high and consumers are worn down by inflation, just to name a few.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2024
Nearly 80 years ago, rats lurked in the city's docks and butcheries, bringing the potential for disease, according to an account in the New Yorker magazine.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2024
His conversations range from hunting and whole-animal butchery to energy fields, reincarnation and the ghost that haunts one of the guest rooms upstairs.
—Ann Abel, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
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Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 8 Nov. 2024
Running a sustainable butchery or meat alternative company can be tough for all sorts of reasons: costs are high and consumers are worn down by inflation, just to name a few.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2024
Nearly 80 years ago, rats lurked in the city's docks and butcheries, bringing the potential for disease, according to an account in the New Yorker magazine.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2024
His conversations range from hunting and whole-animal butchery to energy fields, reincarnation and the ghost that haunts one of the guest rooms upstairs.
—Ann Abel, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
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“Butchery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butchery. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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