| Butchery 1. (n.) The business of a butcher. 2. (n.) Murder or manslaughter, esp. when committed with unusual barbarity; great or cruel slaughter. 3. (n.) A slaughterhouse; the shambles; a place where blood is shed. Thesaurus Entries Belsen, DMZ, abattoir, battle line, battle site, battlefield, battleground, butchery, combat area, combat zone, concentration camp, enemy line, field, field of battle, field of blood, firing line, front line, gas chamber, killing ground, landing beach, line, line of battle, seat of war, shambles, slaughterhouse, stockyard, the front, theater, theater of operations, theater of war, zone of communications |