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Concentration camp   /kˌɑnsəntrˈeɪʃən kæmp/   Listen
Concentration camp

noun
1.
A penal camp where political prisoners or prisoners of war are confined (usually under harsh conditions).  Synonym: stockade.
2.
A situation characterized by crowding and extremely harsh conditions.





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"Concentration camp" Quotes from Famous Books



... those who had arrived on the transports were established in a concentration camp, but it was merely for the purpose of inspection of men and equipment, and was not to be for long. It was that same day that the three boys from Brighton were for the first time assigned to a regular unit of the ...
— The Brighton Boys in the Radio Service • James R. Driscoll


Words linked to "Concentration camp" :   miserableness, Auschwitz, camp, misery, Belsen, Dachau, Buchenwald, wretchedness, stockade, death camp


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