knacker's yardnoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˈnæk.əz ˌjɑːd/us/ˈnæk.ɚz ˌjɑːrd/a place where old or injured horses are killed:
informal figurative The state of the economy has led to many small businesses ending up in the knacker's yard (= failing completely).
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Killing
- assisted suicide
- commit suicide idiom
- decimation
- do for sb/sth
- drown
- early
- electrocute
- end it (all) idiom
- fatal
- finish
- hara-kiri
- killer
- life-threatening
- malignant
- mortally
- put sth down 1
- shooting
- slaughterhouse
- suicide
- terminal
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