n. 1 murderer, slaughterer, killer, ripper, cutthroat, executioner, annihilator That cold-blooded butcher dismembered his victims after strangling them 2 destroyer, bungler, muddler Look what that butcher of a tailor has done to my suit!
v. 3 slaughter, massacre, murder, cut or hack or hew to pieces, dismember, disembowel, exterminate, annihilate, kill, liquidate The entire crew was butchered by the islanders 4 botch, bungle, foul up, Colloq mess up, make a mess or hash of; Slang louse up, screw up, Brit bollocks or ballocks up, US bollix up; Taboo fuck up He butchered the restoration of my antique cabinet