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slaughterhouse

[ slaw-ter-hous ]

noun

plural slaughterhouses
  1. a building or place where animals are butchered for food; abattoir.


slaughterhouse

/ ˈ²õ±ôɔ˳Ùəˌ³ó²¹ÊŠ²õ /

noun

  1. a place where animals are butchered for food; abattoir
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Origin of slaughterhouse1

1325–75; Middle English slautherhus; slaughter, house
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The mortuary was full of bodies transferred from Saydnaya prison, widely known here as a human slaughterhouse.

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On Sunday, his body was found in the notorious "slaughterhouse", Seydnaya prison in Damascus.

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Two bribes and two fruitless visits later, she was told he was in Sednaya, described by rights groups as “a human slaughterhouse.â€

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Videos showing thousands of prisoners being freed from Saydnaya prison - referred to as a "human slaughterhouse" by rights groups - surfaced after the collapse of the Assad government on Sunday.

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Referred to as a "human slaughterhouse" by rights groups, thousands of people are said to have been detained, tortured and executed at the prison since the Syrian civil war began in 2011.

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