"killing floor" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: killing floors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} killing floor (plural killing floors)
  1. (US) that part of a slaughterhouse where the animals are killed and initial processing is carried out. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-killing_floor-en-noun-yNw0HpNH Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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