[{"word":"butchered","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.","synonyms":["kill","slaughter"],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To kill brutally.","synonyms":["massacre","slay"],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To ruin (something), often to the point of defamation.","synonyms":["murder"],"antonyms":[],"example":"The band at that bar really butchered \"Hotel California\"."}],"synonyms":["carnager","flesher","kill","slaughter","massacre","slay","mayhemist","murder","slayer"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"adjective","definitions":[{"definition":"(of an animal) Taken apart professionally, as a butcher might.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(by extension) Taken apart, destroyed or distorted beyond recognition.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"a butchered translation of Horace"}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/butcher","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/butchered"]}]