Meaning

• The cruel, ruthless killings of humans, as at a slaughterhouse.

• An abattoir, a slaughterhouse.

• The butchering of meat.

• A disastrous effort, an atrocious failure.

  "This week’s impossible-to-pronounce word: Catania. Granted, it’s a little trickier than Palermo, but there was no excusing the verbal butchery that ensued. —blog."

• A meat market