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abattoir

noun as in slaughterhouse

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Then ship it to the abattoir nearest you.

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This legislature, really more of a political abattoir, grinds up any Macronist prime minister—and any budget proposal—thrown into it.

And perhaps, not totally inexplicable behaviour for a man who'd once served an apprenticeship at an abattoir.

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"They'll load them up in the night and steal them and try and pass them onto an abattoir or the livestock market," he said.

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Others were recovered without their identifying ear tags at a local abattoir and an auction mart while some were given to another farmer to pay off a debt.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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