butchering vs wasting

butchering

noun
  • The act by which someone or something is butchered; a slaughter or killing. 

wasting

noun
  • The act by which something is laid waste; destruction. 

  • Gradual deterioration or wasting away. 

adj
  • Causing a waste, or wasting away; causing pronounced loss of body mass. 

How often have the words butchering and wasting occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )