mincemeats

Noun

mincemeat (countable and uncountable, plural mincemeats)

1. A mixture of fruit, spices and suet used as a filling for mince pies.
   • And not to rub salt in wounds, when it comes to making mincemeat of the competition, American Joey Chestnut is still top banana.2015 July 2, Michael Pearson, “6 things to know about hot dog king Joey Chestnut”, in CNN

   Synonyms:

   mince

2. (rare) Minced meat, mince.

   Synonyms:

   ground meat, mince

3. (by analogy) A badly cut-up body or parts of a body.
   • Slicing up every man, woman, and child into mincemeat.2010, The Orbitology, The Book of Godom & Somorrah, →ISBN, page 29
4. (broadly) Something or someone utterly destroyed.
   • Weevil Underwood: My army of insects will make mincemeat out of you!2002 March 20, Kazuki Takahashi, Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories (PlayStation video game, North American version), Konami