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abattoir [ab-uh-twahr, ab-uh-twahr]   Example Sentences
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slaughterhouse  [slaw-ter-hous]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: killing place
Synonyms: abattoir, butchery, shambles, stockyard
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  • Deer composting is not the grotesque, open-air abattoir you might expect.
  • And the formaldehyde animals are pretty grim, may as well go and visit an abattoir.
  • War work has made more than a few pacifists, in the way a visit to the abattoir makes vegetarians.
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