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Synonyms for Butchery (same or very similar meaning)

WordNet sense 1 (a building where animals are butchered):
abattoir, shambles, slaughterhouse

WordNet sense 2 (the business of a butcher):
butchering

WordNet sense 3 (the savage and excessive killing of many people):
carnage, massacre, slaughter, carnage, mass murder


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