Meatgrinder

Keep your fingers away from the throat of the meatgrinder.

The mountainous second day of the race was a real meatgrinder, with 20% of racers dropping out.

Last year’s lightning advances gave way to local stalemates and a meatgrinder battle for Kobani, where ISIL troops massing to attack the Kurds on the ground made themselves easy targets for the Americans in the air.

Senate confirmation hearings are a real meatgrinder, discouraging people from government service.

A world all too ready to swallow Their Kind in its all consuming meat grinder.