abattoir
noun
ab·at·toir
ˈa-bə-ˌtwär 
-ˌtwȯr,
-ˌtȯr
plural abattoirs
: a place where animals are butchered : slaughterhouse
Mr. Foley worked previously at a pig abattoir and reckoned he was beyond such queasiness.—
Tony Horwitz
Tony HorwitzBulls are precious, a good one fetching $400 or more at the abattoir …—Peter Meredith
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Potter reports that ‘four companies operate about 75 percent of the world’s corporate beef packing plants and abattoirs.
—Book Marks
july 10, Literary Hub, 10 July 2025
Trump, born in 1946, has spent his entire life observing that order unmasking itself as the old imperial abattoir reborn: in the ashes of Korea, the killing fields of Indonesia, the burning jungles of Vietnam, the torture camps of the war on terror, and the bloody rubble of Gaza.
—Erik Baker, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
Compliments to production designer Pete Baxter, who made Tucker’s ship feel like a floating abattoir.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 17 May 2025
Richard makes a note to call the abattoir to pick it up.
—Alice Burton, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2025
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Book Marks
july 10, Literary Hub, 10 July 2025
Trump, born in 1946, has spent his entire life observing that order unmasking itself as the old imperial abattoir reborn: in the ashes of Korea, the killing fields of Indonesia, the burning jungles of Vietnam, the torture camps of the war on terror, and the bloody rubble of Gaza.
—Erik Baker, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
Compliments to production designer Pete Baxter, who made Tucker’s ship feel like a floating abattoir.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 17 May 2025
Richard makes a note to call the abattoir to pick it up.
—Alice Burton, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2025
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“Abattoir.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abattoir. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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abattoir
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