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

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

From BBC • Jul. 22, 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

Now that Congress has created one, the drug companies are squealing like pigs being led to the abattoir.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2023

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