1. plural of butcher: people who cut up and sell meat

1. third person singular present of butcher: cuts up meat for sale
2. third person singular present of butcher: kills or slaughters brutally
3. third person singular present of butcher: ruins or spoils something badly
Usage: informal

Examples

• The local butchers sell fresh meat daily.
• Three butchers work at the neighborhood market.
• He butchers the chicken for dinner every Sunday.
• The dictator butchers his enemies without mercy.
• She always butchers that song when she tries to sing it.
• The translator butchers the meaning of the original text.
• The butchers close their shops early on Saturdays.