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abattoir (ăb'ətwär`) [Fr.], building for butchering. The abattoir houses facilities to slaughter animals; dress, cut and inspect meats; and refrigerate, cure, and manufacture byproducts. The largest abattoirs are those of the meatpacking meatpacking or meat-processing, wholesale business of buying and slaughtering animals and then processing and distributing their carcasses to retailers. The livestock industry is among the largest in the world. ..... Click the link for more information. industry. Plant construction, drainage, water supply, disposal of refuse, and all operations are under government regulation. Abattoirs are also called slaughterhouses. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In the
depraved abattoirs of torture-film chic, real live people kill real live
people.
In fact, I honor her for her courage to speak up on anything, and not
become just another complacent victim of today's societal abattoir. In that instant a Strand paved in horseshit, or the abattoirs of
Chicago, become the subject of the richly contrived regret for urban
fremissement that so animated the Situationist International; its shade
can be felt everywhere in the exhibition. |
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