figurative or in figurative context. A place likened to a butcher's or slaughterhouse, esp. in being one in which brutal killing takes place. Obsolete…
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| 释义 | the world > life > death > killing > slaughter > [noun] > scene of (7) butchery?1552 figurative or in figurative context. A place likened to a butcher's or slaughterhouse, esp. in being one in which brutal killing takes place. Obsolete… slaughterhouse1578 transferred. A place or scene in which persons are killed or slaughtered. shamble1593 transferred and figurative. A place of carnage or wholesale slaughter; a scene of blood. Chiefly plural construed as singular; rarely in singular… Aceldama1607 A field of bloodshed; a scene of slaughter or butchery; a wretched place. corpse-factory1919 a place where many people are slaughtered; also figurative. killing ground1946 Military. An area exposed to concentrated fire or bombardment, leading to high numbers of casualties among soldiers operating there. Also (in… killing field1980 In singular and (usually) in plural. A place of warfare or unrest associated with heavy loss of (civilian) life, esp. as the result of massacre… |
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