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slaughterhouse

[slaw-ter-hous] / ˈslɔ tərˌhaʊs /
NOUN
killing place
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Actor Joaquin Phoenix is among those who has lobbied to end the slaughterhouse operation.

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

It said that livestock farmers, cheesemakers, slaughterhouse owners and feed suppliers had been informed about the new restrictions.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 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




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