The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word ABATTOIR
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More clues leading to the result ABATTOIR
- Airborne night flyer having to see slaughter here
- Where stock comes in only to be taken out
- Hereford might be in this stunning location
- A club riot in retrospect — shambles!
- An animal uprising, overturning slaughterhouse
- Rota a bit changeable in food processing venue?
- A mammal flying blindly to Irish slaughterhouse
- Crowd trouble on the rise after a cricketer’s shambles
- A racket rising, rising in slaughterhouse
- A battalion rebel over scene of bloodshed
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The straight part
We know that "slaughterhouse" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case slaughterhouse = abattoir.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does ABATTOIR mean?
ABATTOIR noun- A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.
- A place likened to a slaughterhouse.