slaughterhouse

/ˈslɔtərˌhaʊs/
noun
  1. A building where animals are killed for food.
    • He got a job at the local slaughterhouse after finishing school.
    • New laws require slaughterhouses to be cleaner and more humane.
    • The cows were taken to the slaughterhouse to be processed.
  2. A place or situation involving violent death or great suffering.
    • The battlefield became a slaughterhouse of fallen soldiers.
    • The prison was a slaughterhouse during the uprising.
    • The abandoned factory was like a slaughterhouse after the attack.
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