butcher
noun
a retail or wholesale dealer in meat.
is butchering
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present progressiveof butcher (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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A group is butchering Journey, which is what you should expect during karaoke—awkward singing.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
The man then takes the tongues and rides to where the next man is butchering and goes through the same procedure.
From The Sun Dance of the Blackfoot Indians by Clark Wissler
