What is the act of slaughtering; the act of killing cruelly and needlessly. That dreadful butchering of one another. Addison called?
butchering — The act of slaughtering; the act of killing cruelly and needlessly. That dreadful butchering of one another. Addison. (Webster's 1913.)
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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