Definition of slaughterhouse
:an establishment where animals are butchered
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The letter reported the death of the Alabama cow on the way to the slaughterhouse.
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Business clusters on Magazine, meanwhile, mark Jefferson's old markets, and adjacent residential neighborhoods reflect the disappearance of Jefferson's industry after the slaughterhouse consolidation.
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But the ALF activists discover that thousands more creatures like Okja are being raised, only to be sent to a gruesome, hot-dog-making slaughterhouses.
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Nor is the movie's resolution convincing, after a lengthy build-up that hinges on Mija and her unlikely allies seeking some way to save Okja from the slaughterhouse.
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Pigtown's stockyards and slaughterhouses are long gone.
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The decision by the USDA, announced Thursday, came after Brazil suspended beef exports to the U.S. from five Brazilian slaughterhouses.
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In kosher slaughterhouses, sirloin often is sold to high-end steak houses, Cheron said.
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Their methods range from candlelight vigils to protests in front of the Yulin government office in Beijing to identifying dog slaughterhouses.
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First Known Use of slaughterhouse
14th century
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