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sham·bles

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  1. shamblesnoun

    a condition of great disorder

    Synonyms:
    slaughterhouse, abattoir, butchery

  2. abattoir, butchery, shambles, slaughterhousenoun

    a building where animals are butchered

    Synonyms:
    butchery, mass murder, butchering, carnage, slaughterhouse, slaughter, massacre, abattoir

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  1. shamblesnoun

    Synonyms:
    flesh market

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  1. List of paraphrases for "shambles":

    chaos, mess, ruins, carnage, disaster, confusion

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#6866chaos
#7453confusion
#8009mess
#13417ruins
#14083slaughter
#14956massacre
#28633carnage
#45032shambles
#49473slaughterhouse
#76162abattoir
#90986butchering
#93025butchery

How to use shambles in a sentence?

  1. John Kennedy:

    I want to be able to meet with government officials, try to establish some rapport, talk about common interest, talk about common problem. some say it's in shambles.

  2. Chris Rock:

    I wanna find some peace, 'cause people usually find that peace in a horrible time, why does that have to be? Maybe I can find God without being in shambles. Maybe I can reach a higher plain spiritually without being in a near-death experience.

  3. Michael McConnell:

    They needed some time because their rules are shambles, they are not transparent, they are unclear, they are internally inconsistent.

  4. Andy Biggs:

    While the new mask guidance is encouraging, the CDC and my Far Radical Left colleagues only chose to do this to distract from the consequences of catastrophic policy decisions that have been heard around the world, inflation is rising, the Middle East is in shambles, the working class can’t fill up their gas tanks, our border is being overrun and the Biden Administration’s leadership is nowhere to be found.

  5. Daniel Faulkner:

    That is just infuriating to me, i don't know what John Fetterman's doing, but I think the Philadelphia people, the Pennsylvania people better really take a look at what they are going to do if they put John Fetterman in. The city is already destroyed. It's going to be in shambles by the time Fetterman's done with it.


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  • heilloses DurcheinanderGerman
  • σφαγείοGreek
  • mataderoSpanish
  • bordel, capharnaüm, fouillisFrench
  • cosair chróIrish
  • खंडहरHindi
  • romhalmaz, összevisszaság, mészárszék, rendetlenség, zűrzavar, vágóhíd, pusztulásHungarian
  • בָּלָגָןHebrew
  • ಕುಗ್ಗುತ್ತದೆKannada
  • 도살장Korean
  • барда́к, разруха, руина, пу́таница, каварда́к, неразбериха, скотобо́йня, беспорядок, бойняRussian
  • röraSwedish

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