slaughterhouse

Etymology

slaughter + house

noun

  1. A place where animals are slaughtered.
  2. (figurative) The scene of a massacre.
    The smaller shells make a complete slaughterhouse of the bridge, and the splinters scythe through anyone out on deck. 27 February 2019, Drachinifel, 20:09 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?, archived from the original on 2022-11-03

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