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abattoir

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ab·at·toir  (b-twär)
n.
1. A slaughterhouse.
2. Something likened to a slaughterhouse: "The hand of God and mankind's self-inflicted blows seem equally heavy ... giving a strong cumulative impression of the world as an abattoir" Manchester Guardian Weekly.
[French, from abattre, to strike down, from Old French; see abate.]
abattoir [ab-a-twahr]
Noun
a slaughterhouse [French abattre to fell]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.abattoirabattoir - a building where animals are butchered
butchery, slaughterhouse, shambles
building, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"
abattoir
noun slaughterhouse, shambles, butchery
Translations
Spanish abattoir [ˈæbətwɑːʳ] n (BRIT) → matadero
French abattoir [ˈæbətwɑːʳ] n (Brit) → abattoir m
German abattoir [ˈæbətwɑːʳ] (Brit) n → Schlachthof m
Italian abattoir [ˈæbətwɑːʳ] n (BRIT) → mattatoio
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In the depraved abattoirs of torture-film chic, real live people kill real live people.
Tortured Souls; 'Tis the season for carnal carnage--all year 'round by Poulos, James G. / The Weekly Standard
In fact, I honor her for her courage to speak up on anything, and not become just another complacent victim of today's societal abattoir.
Examining your reality by Hallford, Gary / The Humanist
In that instant a Strand paved in horseshit, or the abattoirs of Chicago, become the subject of the richly contrived regret for urban fremissement that so animated the Situationist International; its shade can be felt everywhere in the exhibition.
Sense of the city by Hobhouse, Niall / The Architectural Review
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