Butchery

noun

1. The cruel, ruthless killings of humans, as at a slaughterhouse.
2. An abattoir, a slaughterhouse.
3. The butchering of meat.
4. 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."

5. A meat market