1. slaughtered (an animal) for meat
2. ruined or spoiled something badly through incompetence
Usage: informal
3. killed brutally or in large numbers

Examples

• The farmer butchered the pig for winter meat.
• She completely butchered her audition by forgetting all the lines.
• The student butchered the pronunciation of the French words.
• The dictator’s forces butchered innocent civilians.
• He butchered the classic song with his terrible singing.
• The cattle were butchered at the local processing plant.
• The director butchered the original story in his film adaptation.