What is the meaning of Butchering?

The act by which someone or something is butchered.

Dismemberment.

1. Dismemberment of animals as food.

   Dismemberment of animals as food.

   Dismemberment of humans as manslaughter or murder.

   Killing, especially of a human being, regardless of whether any dismemberment is involved.

   Botching; a botched job.

   present participle and gerund of butcher

   Source: wiktionary.org