afear — meaning in English

English meaning

• butcher noun A person whose trade is preparing and selling meat.
• mangle verb To damage something badly by crushing, tearing, or cutting it out of shape.

Senses

afear is used for these senses in English:

• butcher (transitive) To ruin (something), often to the point of defamation.
• mangle (transitive) To change, mutilate, or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging, etc.
• uglify (transitive) To make ugly; to destroy or worsen the appearance or attractiveness of.

butcher — full definition

1. noun A person whose trade is preparing and selling meat.
2. noun Someone who kills brutally or without mercy.
3. verb To slaughter animals and cut up the meat for sale.
4. verb To ruin or botch something badly.

mangle — full definition

1. verb To damage something badly by crushing, tearing, or cutting it out of shape.
2. verb To ruin or badly botch something, such as words or a piece of work.
3. noun A hand-cranked device with rollers used to wring water out of wet laundry.

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