Meat Grinder (Noun)

Meaning ¹

A mill for grinding meat.

Classification

Nouns denoting man-made objects.

Hypernyms

• Milling Machinery
• Grinder

Meaning ²

Any action resulting in injury or destruction; "the meat grinder of politics destroyed his reputation"; "allied forces crumbled before the Wehrmacht meat grinder".

Classification

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

Examples

• The war was a meat grinder that consumed entire cities and left nothing but rubble in its wake.
• The company's financial struggles had turned it into a meat grinder, chewing up and spitting out employees left and right.
• The grueling training program was a meat grinder that pushed recruits to their limits, testing their physical and mental endurance.
• The hurricane was a meat grinder that tore through the coastal town, leaving a trail of destruction and devastation in its path.
• The intense competition in the industry had become a meat grinder, crushing smaller businesses and forcing them to shut down.

Hypernyms

• Hostility