Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
a mill for grinding meat;
2.
any action resulting in injury or destruction;
- Example: "the meat grinder of politics destroyed his reputation"- Example: "allied forces crumbled before the Wehrmacht meat grinder"
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
meat grinder
n 1: a mill for grinding meat
2: any action resulting in injury or destruction; "the meat
grinder of politics destroyed his reputation"; "allied forces
crumbled before the Wehrmacht meat grinder"