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slaughterhouse

[slaw-ter-hous] / ˈslɔ tərˌhaʊs /
NOUN
killing place
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They’re not selling it and sending it to a slaughterhouse.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

The last slaughterhouse in Los Angeles County permanently closed its doors nearly four months ago in the wake of operational violations, escaped cattle and, finally, bankruptcy.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

When he arrived in Massachusetts for his first fellowship studying parathyroid hormone, Habener found a ready source of thyroid glands to study from a local Cambridge slaughterhouse that supplied calf meat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

This approach would allow the federal government to impose effective regulations where the most serious food safety concerns originate: on the farm and in the slaughterhouse.

From Salon • Aug. 15, 2024

The parade pranced, staggered and reeled to the gate of the Dresden slaughterhouse, and then it went inside.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut




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