slaughterhouse
noun
slaugh·ter·house
ˈslȯ-tər-ˌhau̇s 
: an establishment where animals are butchered
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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.
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Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
The historical thriller is set against the backdrop of the 1970s meat ban in Uruguay, during which José, a Galician immigrant, and his daughter Rosita establish a clandestine slaughterhouse to survive.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2026
In a video that's now got more than 640,000 likes on TikTok, the young donkey is introduced as a former slaughterhouse animal who now starts each morning with pure excitement.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
Actor Joaquin Phoenix is among those who has lobbied to end the slaughterhouse operation.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
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Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
The historical thriller is set against the backdrop of the 1970s meat ban in Uruguay, during which José, a Galician immigrant, and his daughter Rosita establish a clandestine slaughterhouse to survive.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2026
In a video that's now got more than 640,000 likes on TikTok, the young donkey is introduced as a former slaughterhouse animal who now starts each morning with pure excitement.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
Actor Joaquin Phoenix is among those who has lobbied to end the slaughterhouse operation.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
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“Slaughterhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slaughterhouse. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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slaughterhouse
noun
slaugh·ter·house
ˈslȯt-ər-ˌhau̇s
: an establishment where animals are butchered
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