slaughterhouse

From slaughter +‎ house.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsloː.tə(ɹ).haʊs/

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• Hyphenation: slaugh‧ter‧house

slaughterhouse (plural slaughterhouses)

1. A place where animals are slaughtered.

   Synonym: abattoir

2. (figuratively) The scene of a massacre.
   • 2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 20:09 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?‎^[1], archived from the original on 3 November 2022:

     The smaller shells make a complete slaughterhouse of the bridge, and the splinters scythe through anyone out on deck.

• (place where animals are slaughtered): abattoir, shambles (archaic)