slaughterhouse
noun
slaugh·ter·house
ˈslȯ-tər-ˌhau̇s 
: an establishment where animals are butchered
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History of Bobby Mackey's Music World The grounds Bobby Mackey's has called home used to be the site of a 19th-century slaughterhouse, which was later torn down.
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Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 12 Dec. 2024
The third focuses on a 14-year-old boy who almost lost his arm while working at a slaughterhouse in rural Virginia.
—Sabrina Moreno, Axios, 6 Dec. 2024
The Times' account included details of a 14-year-old boy who was maimed while cleaning a conveyor belt in a deboning area at a Perdue slaughterhouse in rural Virginia.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2024
In 2017, investigators accused workers at a slaughterhouse in Ozark, Arkansas, of abusing turkeys by kicking and throwing the birds.
—Alexx Altman-Devilbiss, Baltimore Sun, 28 Nov. 2024
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Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 12 Dec. 2024
The third focuses on a 14-year-old boy who almost lost his arm while working at a slaughterhouse in rural Virginia.
—Sabrina Moreno, Axios, 6 Dec. 2024
The Times' account included details of a 14-year-old boy who was maimed while cleaning a conveyor belt in a deboning area at a Perdue slaughterhouse in rural Virginia.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2024
In 2017, investigators accused workers at a slaughterhouse in Ozark, Arkansas, of abusing turkeys by kicking and throwing the birds.
—Alexx Altman-Devilbiss, Baltimore Sun, 28 Nov. 2024
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slaughterhouse
noun
slaugh·ter·house
ˈslȯt-ər-ˌhau̇s
: an establishment where animals are butchered
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