butchering

• Substantiv, das den Beruf oder das Gewerbe des Metzgers bezeichnet, einschließlich der Zubereitung und des Verkaufs von Fleisch; auch das Schlachten von Tieren.

A noun referring to the trade or business of a butcher, involving the preparation and sale of meat.

unzählbar

1. The trade of a butcherB1formal

   The business or profession of preparing and selling meat.

   Metzgerei

   • He learned the art of butchering from his father.
   • Butchering requires skill and knowledge of animal anatomy.
   • The family has been in the butchering business for generations.

   Synonymebutchery

• Verb, das das Schlachten von Tieren zur Nahrungsgewinnung bezeichnet oder im übertragenen Sinne die Beschädigung oder Zerstörung von etwas durch ungeschickte oder destruktive Handlungen beschreibt.

A verb used to describe the act of slaughtering animals for food, or metaphorically, to ruin or spoil something through clumsy or destructive action.

1. Kill animals for foodB1formal

   To slaughter or prepare animals for consumption.

   Schlachten

   • The farmer butchers pigs every winter.
   • He learned how to butcher a chicken from his grandfather.
   • The meat is butchered and packaged at the facility.

   Synonymedressslaughter

2. Kill violentlyB2formal

   To kill someone in a brutal or cruel manner.

   Brutal töten

   • The soldiers butchered innocent civilians during the war.
   • The dictator's regime butchered thousands of people.
   • The massacre saw entire villages butchered without mercy.

   Synonymeassassinateexecuteexterminatekillliquidatemassacremurderslaughterslay

3. Ruin or spoilB2informal

   To ruin something through incompetence or carelessness.

   Verderben

   • The director butchered the classic novel in his film adaptation.
   • He completely butchered his speech by forgetting his lines.
   • The chef butchered the recipe by adding too much salt.

   Synonymebotchbungleflubfumblemanglemarmess upmismanagemuffruinspoil

   Antonymefiximprovemendperfectrepair