[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

butchery \butch"ery\, n. oe. bocherie shambles, fr. f.
   boucherie. see butcher, n.
   1. the business of a butcher. obs.
      1913 webster

   2. murder or manslaughter, esp. when committed with unusual
      barbarity; great or cruel slaughter. --shak.
      1913 webster

            the perpetration of human butchery.   --prescott.
      1913 webster

   3. a slaughterhouse; the shambles; a place where blood is
      shed. obs.
      1913 webster

            like as an ox is hanged in the butchery. --fabyan.
      1913 webster

   syn: murder; slaughter; carnage. see massacre.
        1913 webster
see also:
butcher massacre 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

butchery
     n 1: a building where animals are butchered syn: abattoir, shambles,
           slaughterhouse
     2: the business of a butcher syn: butchering
     3: the savage and excessive killing of many people syn: slaughter,
         massacre, mass murder, carnage
see also:
abattoir shambles slaughterhouse butchering slaughter massacre 
mass murder carnage 

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