butchering
Example Sentences
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Under updated housing rules, students are prohibited from “skinning, butchering, or otherwise processing wild game animals” inside residential buildings.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
Lingjing appears to have been a butchering site where Homo juluensis processed animals such as deer.
From Science Daily ● May 9, 2026
The best of them, such as “Goodbye, It’s Over,” about the butchering of a pig, rail against the cheapness of life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
A host is also responsible for introducing every comic onstage, mentioning their credits and not butchering their name — all while hoping they actually make it on time for their spot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2025
An automobile at a butchering like to take everybody’s mind off business.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
