slaughterhouse
noun
slaugh·ter·house
ˈslȯ-tər-ˌhau̇s 
: an establishment where animals are butchered
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Near the turn of the last century, two publications, the British Society's The Vegetarian Messenger and the Chicago Society's Vegetarian Magazine, worked to expose the dark side of slaughterhouses in the city — expanding the vegetarian movement into one about ethics as well as health.
—Mikayla Price, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025
Closing a single slaughterhouse might not seem significant, but the Lexington plant employs roughly 3,200 people in the city of 11,000 and has the capacity to slaughter some 5,000 head of cattle a day.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025
By the late 1800s, with railroads, threshing machines, large slaughterhouses and steamships with refrigeration, Argentina exported vast quantities of wheat and beef to England.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 Oct. 2025
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Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025
Near the turn of the last century, two publications, the British Society's The Vegetarian Messenger and the Chicago Society's Vegetarian Magazine, worked to expose the dark side of slaughterhouses in the city — expanding the vegetarian movement into one about ethics as well as health.
—Mikayla Price, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025
Closing a single slaughterhouse might not seem significant, but the Lexington plant employs roughly 3,200 people in the city of 11,000 and has the capacity to slaughter some 5,000 head of cattle a day.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025
By the late 1800s, with railroads, threshing machines, large slaughterhouses and steamships with refrigeration, Argentina exported vast quantities of wheat and beef to England.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 Oct. 2025
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slaughterhouse
noun
slaugh·ter·house
ˈslȯt-ər-ˌhau̇s
: an establishment where animals are butchered
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