Noun
- 1. abattoir, butchery, shambles, slaughterhouse, building, edifice
- usage: a building where animals are butchered
- 2. butchery, butchering, commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
- usage: the business of a butcher
- 3. slaughter, massacre, mass murder, carnage, butchery, murder, slaying, execution
- usage: the savage and excessive killing of many people
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