butchered

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Animal remains were also placed in the grave, including a butchered calf.

From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026

Busy markets sold butchered meats and fast-wilting vegetables, horse carts clattered, children shouted, and men and women gossiped in coffeehouses and read from printed newspapers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

The camera holds on a tight shot of a tomato being butchered by a dull kitchen knife, juice and seeds spilling out as the fruit splits down its sides.

From Salon • Mar. 2, 2025

"If we saw these marks on animal bones, we'd have no question that they were butchered," says Prof Schulting.

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2024

Then Macklin skinned and butchered the dogs for meat and brought them back to camp.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong