butcher
noun
a retail or wholesale dealer in meat.
has been butchering
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present perfect progressiveof butcher (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Finally, Lestenkof, a 41-year-old Inupiaq Alaskan who has been butchering seals since the age of 4, gripped a handful of blubber and began to slice off the skin.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2022
“I’m really trying to avoid that question, because the Norwegian media has been butchering me about that,” Benjamin said.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 2, 2021
