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butcher
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of BUTCHER
1
to kill on a large scale <the barbarians butchered the monks in the monasteries without mercy>
2
to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way <the new piano student butchered the sonatina>
Synonyms blow, bobble, boggle, bollix (up), boot, bugger (up), bumble, bungle, butcher, dub, flub, fluff, foozle, foul up, fumble, goof (up), louse up, mangle, mess (up), muck up, muff, murder, screw up
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