butchering

== English == === Etymology === From butcher + -ing. === Noun === butchering (countable and uncountable, plural butcherings) The act by which someone or something is butchered. Synonym: butchery Dismemberment. Dismemberment of animals as food. Coordinate terms: killing, slaughtering (coordinate in precise usage referring to animal carcasses) Dismemberment of humans as manslaughter or murder. (loosely) Killing, especially of a human being, regardless of whether any dismemberment is involved. (figuratively) Botching; a botched job. ==== Derived terms ==== === Verb === butchering present participle and gerund of butcher