Verb (used with object) : to butcher a job. From Dictionary.com.
Basye called his butchering class "an eye-opening experience," adding "it brought me back to the roots of where it starts.". From Wordnik.com. [chron.com Chronicle] Reference
Better to look at the entrails, upon 'butchering'. From Wordnik.com. [How to know which eating places to avoid] Reference
Human rights have not exactly been China's forte so while it saddens me to hear of such inhuman "butchering", I can't say I'm surprised. From Wordnik.com. [At My Table] Reference
Author Ken Kesey was so bitter about the way the filmmakers were "butchering" his story that he vowed never to watch the completed film. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs, cartoons, rotting fish, peevish men...] Reference
But fans are lashing out for the alleged "butchering" of the site. From Wordnik.com. [Wii] Reference
Actress Denise Richards bombarded with complaints after 'butchering' song at sports game. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
One alderman, Mark Roy, accused Guinta of "butchering" the plan, saying it relies on grants. From Wordnik.com. [UnionLeader.com -- RSS feeds -- New Hampshire news, business and sports] Reference
As for the adjective "butchering", that just once again exposes you as a Jew-hating bigot, so thank you for that. From Wordnik.com. [Flaggman's Canada] Reference
I still believe the dollar has not made its lows yet, but it won't face the kind of butchering as the Euro and Pound. From Wordnik.com. [US Market Commentary from Seeking Alpha] Reference
Actress Denise Richards has vowed never to sing in public again after 'butchering' a traditional song at a U.S. sports event. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
J.J. Abrams is kind of butchering Trek canon to shoehorn his film in there and I really feel it's a cumbersome way to do things. From Wordnik.com. [Gaming Nexus] Reference
Sorry for the name butchering. From Wordnik.com. [My mechanic Steve] Reference
"We're not butchering anybody," St. Simon objected. From Wordnik.com. [Anchorite] Reference
Mr. POTTER: We know they were butchering animals here. From Wordnik.com. [Evolving Culture: Where Do We Go From Here?] Reference
And, as time goes by, Alice gets better and better at butchering fish. From Wordnik.com. [s Dog Information School] Reference
Diocletian himself began to fear a little, and the butchering stopped. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of the Saints by Candle-Light] Reference
She continues lazily butchering fish, oblivious to the world around her. From Wordnik.com. [s Dog Information School] Reference
He was going to put me to the butchering, but I settled all that myself. From Wordnik.com. [An Australian Lassie] Reference
He pronounced it kor-VAY, butchering it purposely in front of his friends. From Wordnik.com. [Today the Smell of Worms and Wet Pennies] Reference
The old man was now skinning and butchering the goat with speed and skill. From Wordnik.com. [The Blood of the Conquerors] Reference
It happened that my visitors arrived on the customary day of our butchering. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
But hunting, butchering and pet care can all involve exposure to body fluids. From Wordnik.com. [Breeding Grounds] Reference
Simon tried to imagine the butchering of those hundreds of thousands of people. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
It was butchering day at Silas Chamberlain's and Liza Ann had the household astir early. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind Before the Dawn] Reference
Change blades every month during the mowing season to keep dull blades from butchering grass. From Wordnik.com. [How to winterize your lawn mower] Reference
The first operation of butchering a whale -- if it be a baleener -- is to secure the whalebone. From Wordnik.com. [Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers] Reference
They then set fire to the house and barns, and, butchering the cow, proceeded to prepare a great feast. From Wordnik.com. [Woman on the American Frontier] Reference
Still, I had to put out the word that any Babe-butchering in our honor would offend my vegan sensibilities. From Wordnik.com. [Eat, Drink, Man, Woman (And Child)] Reference
You will notice in any picture of a shrike how admirably adapted is its curved beak for butchering purposes. From Wordnik.com. [Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children] Reference
Meanwhile, they wait in the sunbaked village, butchering their own goats, cooking - and sculpting toys from clay. From Wordnik.com. [Trek Of The Orphans Josef Polleross-Jb Pic] Reference
And unlike the mass butchering of Tutsis, their victimization is taking place before a world television audience. From Wordnik.com. [Will It Be Peace Or Punishment?] Reference
If immediate results are not obtained from the above treatments, I would recommend butchering the hog for meat immediately. From Wordnik.com. [The Veterinarian] Reference
At one place, hidden in a cañon, we ran on to a stone-built and fortified butchering establishment, but without sign of life around. From Wordnik.com. [Ranching, Sport and Travel] Reference
The Queen's English Society is even establishing an Academy of English to purify and protect the mother tongue from digital butchering. From Wordnik.com. [Claire Gordon: Txtspk 4eva] Reference
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