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slaughterhouse

[slaw-ter-hous] / ˈslɔ tərˌhaʊs /
NOUN
killing place
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Perhaps we really do live in a “demented slaughterhouse of a world,” as the unhinged newsman Howard Beale says in one of his apocalyptic broadcasts, and have all along.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

They’re not selling it and sending it to a slaughterhouse.

From Slate Jun. 11, 2026

Smithfield Foods SFD 2.24%increase; green up pointing triangle plans to build a large hog slaughterhouse in South Dakota, marking the first new facility built by America’s top pork producer in decades.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 16, 2026

The biggest chunk of this is for meat products, which makes sense, considering the biggest issues in meat safety stem from the farm and from the slaughterhouse.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2024

On the way back from the slaughterhouse, we stopped for Cokes in the village of Mojo, where the gas-station owner had arranged a few tables and chairs beneath a dying canopy of vines.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

The administration’s aim is to provide a financial safety net for smaller slaughterhouses at a time when meat processors are losing an estimated $300 per head of cattle.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

"In addition to setting up that 20 kilometre zone, we've increased the amount of testing in the slaughterhouses," Muir said.

From BBC Dec. 1, 2025

The link between disdain and action may not form, in the same way that people who don’t like slaughterhouses still eat steak.

From Slate Mar. 4, 2025

We often don’t want to think of the barbarism of the act, which is why slaughterhouses and factory farms are often located out in the middle of nowhere.

From Salon Apr. 28, 2024

She knew that London was a large, bustling, and confusing city, and that one wrong turn might send them wandering down dark cobblestone streets that dead-ended at smelly slaughterhouses and riverfront establishments of ill repute.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood




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