Definition of "vats" [vats]

• Plural form of vat. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of vat. (verb)

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• "The carnage was the product of a showdown between two crime bosses – Fernando "The Engineer" Sanchez Arellano and Teodoro "El Teo" Garcia Simental, a renegade lieutenant who rose through the ranks by dissolving bodies in vats of lye."
• "Gone is the "pozolero" who dissolved bodies in vats of lye, gunbattles in front of hospitals and day care centers and mutilated bodies dumped near school yards."
• "That's what gets you to this whole thing about brains in vats: if your absolute standard for understanding reality goes away, you think all understanding of reality goes away."