English noun: meat grinder | |||
1. | meat grinder (artifact) a mill for grinding meat | ||
Broader (hypernym) | grinder, mill, milling machinery | ||
2. | meat grinder (act) any action resulting in injury or destruction | ||
Samples | The meat grinder of politics destroyed his reputation. Allied forces crumbled before the Wehrmacht meat grinder. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | aggression, hostility | ||