butchering

• Nom désignant l'activité du boucher, incluant la préparation et la vente de viande, ainsi que l'abattage ou le dépeçage des animaux.

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

indénombrable

1. The trade of a butcherB1formal

   The business or profession of preparing and selling meat.

   métier de boucher

   • 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.

   Synonymesbutchery

• Verbe utilisé pour décrire l'abattage d'animaux pour la nourriture, ou, au sens figuré, pour désigner le fait de gâcher ou de détruire quelque chose par des actions maladroites ou destructives.

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.

   Abattre et dépecer des animaux pour l'alimentation

   • 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.

   Synonymesdressslaughter

2. Kill violentlyB2formal

   To kill someone in a brutal or cruel manner.

   tuer sauvagement

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

   Synonymesassassinateexecuteexterminatekillliquidatemassacremurderslaughterslay

3. Ruin or spoilB2informal

   To ruin something through incompetence or carelessness.

   massacrer, gâcher par maladresse

   • 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.

   Synonymesbotchbungleflubfumblemanglemarmess upmismanagemuffruinspoil

   Antonymesfiximprovemendperfectrepair