abattoir

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Soutine’s idea was to return to the abattoir for a bucket of blood and toss it over the carcass, restoring its original hue.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

In addition to raising the animal, 700 liters to 1,000 liters of water is used per animal in the abattoir for washing and hygiene.

From Salon • Jun. 27, 2023

The two defendants, from Hillfields, had met Mr McKenzie, 56, through their work at an abattoir near Bristol, where their job involved making incisions in the bellies of pigs.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2022

At other times, he earned a living by picking grapes, pushing sheep up kill runs at an abattoir and metalworking at a foundry.

From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2022

A million paleo-Indians, Martin argued, could easily form a wave of hunters that would radiate out from the southern end of the ice-free corridor, turning the continent into an abattoir.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann