(by extension) Taken apart, destroyed or (figurative) distorted beyond recognition.
Used in a Sentence
butchered
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for butchered.
Editorial note
The reality is that grammar is often, especially in spoken language, is butchered.
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Quick take
(by extension) Taken apart, destroyed or (figurative) distorted beyond recognition.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of butchered gathered in one view.
(of an animal) Taken apart professionally, as a butcher might.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for butchered.
adjective
(by extension) Taken apart, destroyed or (figurative) distorted beyond recognition.
adjective
(of an animal) Taken apart professionally, as a butcher might.
Example sentences
The reality is that grammar is often, especially in spoken language, is butchered.
Microsoft's tablets sucked, and even after the iPad they butchered Windows 8 over making it more tablet-like.
This is a pretty butchered version of the original 9to5mac post (which others have linked to).
Dig into the source of pretty much any site out there, with very few exceptions, and you'll find they're simply butchered.
Even the most technically incompetent designer in the world is aware that he has to load the page he's butchered into at least one browser and make sure it still renders.
I had assumed that it was butchered by the journalist… but it's exactly the same in the paper.
A young British soldier is butchered in the street with his head sawn off in front of everybody and you're complaining about your rent.
Something good to come from the way this traffic circle was butchered!
Almost all of the meat I cook is raised by someone I know and butchered by myself and/or folks I know.
I feel like they butchered the character by making him 'angsty', and I personally hated the way the 3rd season ended.
Java doesn't work and they've butchered start menu and task bar.
The world was once a more wondrous place, and we butchered it.
Quote examples
Do you feel the same way when you have chicken or beef at dinner knowing all these animals were butchered "against their will".
I'm guessing what OP means by "Unix-y" is the metaphorical definition of Unix-y as in the oft-butchered Unix philosophy of small composable programs that operate on streams of data rather than playing by all of Unix's rules.
It is known that 90% or so of the price of luxury foodstuffs is the story attached to it; if you'd say "I butchered a prime cow myself in Argentina and dry-aged it in my secret room for 31 days" or something like that, it would've sounded more impressive.
I really should elaborate." Lots of people contributed to the Unix philosophy, but ESR's contributions alone are 17 rules and people only tend to talk about 1-2 of them so that's why I referred to them as "oft-butchered." I would say FP satisfies the Unix streams ideal due to how you transform data through functions and pass this data to other functions.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use butchered in a sentence?
The reality is that grammar is often, especially in spoken language, is butchered.
What does butchered mean?
(by extension) Taken apart, destroyed or (figurative) distorted beyond recognition.
What part of speech is butchered?
butchered is commonly used as adjective.