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  • noun Plural form of abattoir.

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Examples

  • Unlike camels, which are killed in abattoirs, kangaroos are mostly killed by small-scale hunters, who are harder to regulate and don’t necessarily follow sanitary standards.

    Outback Steakhouse 2010

  • Unlike camels, which are killed in abattoirs, kangaroos are mostly killed by small-scale hunters, who are harder to regulate and don’t necessarily follow sanitary standards.

    Outback Steakhouse 2010

  • Unlike camels, which are killed in abattoirs, kangaroos are mostly killed by small-scale hunters, who are harder to regulate and don’t necessarily follow sanitary standards.

    Outback Steakhouse 2010

  • Under the new conditions for the trade that ensures the welfare of Australian cattle through the supply chain including in Indonesian abattoirs, only a handful of Australian exporters have been licensed to operate.

    Australian Animal Exporter Says Welfare Practices Have Improved Ray Brindal 2011

  • And what can be said about the dreaded abattoirs, a French word for slaughterhouse that sounds almost elegant.

    Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar Jeffrey Armstrong 2010

  • And what can be said about the dreaded abattoirs, a French word for slaughterhouse that sounds almost elegant.

    Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar Jeffrey Armstrong 2010

  • And what can be said about the dreaded abattoirs, a French word for slaughterhouse that sounds almost elegant.

    Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar Jeffrey Armstrong 2010

  • Brothels in the immigrant district of Paris, where women are raped 80 times a day (and perhaps up to 160 times a day on weekends), are called abattoirs — slaughterhouses.

    Extreme Torture of Animals��and Humans: A Thanksgiving Prayer for Mercy 2007

  • The changes follow a public debate sparked by television footage of cattle being mistreated in Indonesian abattoirs earlier this year.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • The changes follow a public debate sparked by television footage of cattle being mistreated in Indonesian abattoirs earlier this year.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

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