butcher | Definition of butcher

butcher

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of butcher

1 to kill on a large scale

the barbarians butchered the monks in the monasteries without mercy

Synonyms of butcher

massacre, mow (down), slaughter

Words Related to butcher

assassinate, croak [slang], dispatch, do in, execute, fell, murder, slay, smite, snuff

annihilate, blot out, decimate, demolish, destroy, devastate, eradicate, exterminate, waste, wipe out

2 to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way

the new piano student butchered the sonatina

Synonyms of butcher

blow, bobble, boggle, bollix (up), boot, botch, bugger (up), bumble, bungle, dub, flub, fluff, foozle, foul up, fumble, goof (up), louse up, mangle, mess (up), muck up, muff, murder, screw up

Words Related to butcher

blunder, gum (up), muddle, piffle

blemish, blight, damage, flaw, harm, hurt, impair, injure, mar, mutilate, ruin, spoil, vitiate

mishandle, mismanage

Near Antonyms of butcher

ameliorate, better, enhance, help, improve, meliorate, rectify, refine, reform, remedy

doctor, fix, patch, recondition, renovate, repair, revamp