massacrer

noun

Definition of massacrernext
as in butcher

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  1. butcher
  2. slayer
  3. executioner
  4. torpedo
  5. hit man
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  • Add Preferred Source The 79-cent price is a nod to 1979, when Perry’s got its start as a small Houston butcher shop before growing into a steakhouse chain with locations across Texas and several other states.
    — Claire Goodman, Houston Chronicle, 28 Sep. 2026
  • In This Article A trip to your local butcher or the meat department of your grocery store can cause confusion.
    — Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of butcher
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  • To be fair, a genre that’s given us everything from brooding, sparkling emo kids who play baseball; a stake-wielding teen slayer who can’t quit the bad boy; and eccentric sidekicks who feast on bugs is ripe with material for mockery.
    — Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The abject terror of reproduction was personified by Lamashtu, demoness of the night, drinker of blood, eater of flesh, slayer of children, untimely opener of wombs, ravager of women.
    — Eleanor Johnson, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
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  • During the execution procedure on Christa Pike, executioners struggled to place IV lines, causing the pentobarbital to flow into her body rather than her bloodstream, according to Pike’s attorneys.
    — Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Prisoners have suffered for long periods as executioners fail to find a suitable vein.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of executioner
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  • Their forces tested several anti-ship weapons before a submarine torpedo sent the vessel to the seabed.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The Mk 48 heavyweight torpedo is an artefact of the Cold War.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of torpedo
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  • Prosecutors say the plot continued into September 2021, when an undercover FBI agent posing as a hit man spoke with Cordrey by phone.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2026
  • All the while, a clean-up crew led by Drew Starkey’s kinky, idiosyncratic hit man Cyrus follows close behind, but this is a third, more vestigial movie, which only distracts from the main event.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of hit man
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“Massacrer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/massacrer. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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