slaughterhouse
noun
slaugh·ter·house
ˈslȯ-tər-ˌhau̇s 
: an establishment where animals are butchered
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With Okja headed for the slaughterhouse, Mija travels from South Korea to New York City on a mission to save her friend and to help expose the inhumane practices of the Mirando Corporation and its leader, Lucy Mirando (Tilda Swinton).
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James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Apr. 2026
The movie also depicts real animal death, including some particularly upsetting slaughterhouse footage featuring now outdated killing methods.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026
The New City logo (an area that encompasses Back of the Yards) features a pig, referencing the neighborhood’s history as the site of slaughterhouses.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
Children as young as 13 were hired through an outside sanitation company and worked overnight cleaning shifts at slaughterhouses in Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska, federal investigators found.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 16 Mar. 2026
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James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Apr. 2026
The movie also depicts real animal death, including some particularly upsetting slaughterhouse footage featuring now outdated killing methods.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026
The New City logo (an area that encompasses Back of the Yards) features a pig, referencing the neighborhood’s history as the site of slaughterhouses.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
Children as young as 13 were hired through an outside sanitation company and worked overnight cleaning shifts at slaughterhouses in Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska, federal investigators found.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 16 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for slaughterhouse
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slaughterhouse
noun
slaugh·ter·house
ˈslȯt-ər-ˌhau̇s
: an establishment where animals are butchered
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