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n. (context US English) that part of a slaughterhouse where the animals are killed and initial processing is carried out.
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"Killing Floor" is a 1964 song by American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist Howlin' Wolf. Called "one of the defining classics of Chicago electric blues", "Killing Floor" has been recorded by various artists and has been acknowledged by the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame.
Killing floor may refer to:
Killing Floor is the debut novel by Lee Child, first published in 1997 by Putnam. The book won the Anthony Award and Barry Award for best first novel. It also is the first book to feature the character Jack Reacher.
Killing Floor is a cooperative first-person shooter video game developed and published by Tripwire Interactive. It was originally released as an Unreal Tournament 2004 mod in 2005. Retail release followed on May 14, 2009, for Microsoft Windows, and for OS X on May 5, 2010. The Linux version was released on the Steam platform in November 2012. A sequel was announced on May 8, 2014.
Killing Floor are a British blues rock band, who formed in 1968. They released two albums and four singles before initially disbanding in 1972. They have issued another two albums since their reformation in 2002. The band name came from the title of Howlin' Wolf's 1964 track, " Killing Floor".
Usage examples of "killing floor".
It mingles with the doomed cows, then leads them up the chute to the killing floor.
Pavek liked the mood on the killing floor less with every step he took across it.
But now, with nothing else to win, he is down on the killing floor with the rest of us -- sucked into strange and senseless wars on unfamiliar terms.
I forced down the weakness in my guts, spat on the killing floor and summoned a guard stance.
The archers had taken positions up among the rocks, where they had a clear view of the killing floor below.