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butcher
A butcher is a shopkeeper who cuts up and sells meat. Some butchers also kill animals for meat and make foods such as sausages and meat pies. -
abattage
the slaughter of animals, especially the slaughter of diseased animals to prevent the infection of others. -
holocaust
a great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire. -
massacre
the unnecessary, indiscriminate killing of a large number of human beings or animals, as in barbarous warfare or persecution or for revenge or plunder. -
abattoir
An abattoir is a place where animals are killed in order to provide meat. -
aceldama
the place near Jerusalem that was bought with the 30 pieces of silver paid to Judas for betraying Jesus (Matthew 27:8; Acts 1:19)