butcher
noun
a retail or wholesale dealer in meat.
have butchered
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present perfectof butcher.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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He would have butchered another ox, but as the boat would now hold no more, Duff with difficulty made him stop.
From Ralph Granger's Fortunes by William Perry Brown
To prevent that catastrophe they therefore hamstring the beast as soon as they have butchered it.
From The Golden Bough by Sir James George Frazer
