Synonyms of the word

abattoir

• n. A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.
• n. A place likened to a slaughterhouse.

building

• n. (uncountable) The act or process of building.
• n. A closed structure with walls and a roof.
• v. present participle of build.

butchery

• n. The cruel, ruthless killings of humans, as at a slaughterhouse.
• n. (rare) An abattoir, a slaughterhouse.
• n. The butchering of meat.
• n. A disastrous effort, an atrocious failure.
• n. A meat market.
• n. (slang) The stereotypical behaviors and accoutrements of being a butch lesbian.

edifice

• n. A building; a structure; an architectural fabric, especially an imposing one; a large or fine building,…
• n. An abstract structure; a school of thought.

shambles

• n. work done in a poor fashion.
• n. a scene of great disorder or ruin.
• n. a great mess or clutter.
• n. a scene of bloodshed, carnage or devastation.
• n. a slaughterhouse.
• n. (archaic) a butcher's shop.
• v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shamble.

slaughterhouse

• n. A place where animals are slaughtered.
• n. (figuratively) The scene of a massacre.