slaughterhouse

//ˈslɔːtəˌhaʊs//
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Noun

slaughterhouseSingular
slaughterhousesPlural
1

A building or facility where animals are killed for their meat.

The cattle were transported to the slaughterhouse early in the morning.

2

A place of great bloodshed or carnage.

The battlefield became a slaughterhouse after the fierce fighting.