butcher
noun
a retail or wholesale dealer in meat.
has butchered
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present perfectof butcher (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The trickle-down effect has butchered the depth charts Toub uses in what the Bears are calling "one of those years."
From Chicago Tribune ● Dec. 29, 2011
Since 1600, when the first precise records were compiled, man has butchered creatures ranging from the abalone to the blue whale and the zebra.
From Time Magazine Archive
