death camp

noun

: a concentration camp in which large numbers of prisoners are systematically killed

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Prisoners were released from infamous jails turned into death camps and slaughter houses, such as the notorious Saydnaya. Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Dec. 2024 Of that number, 254 later perished in the death camps at Auschwitz and Sobibor. Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 29 Nov. 2024 Musk—intentionally or otherwise—had compared Soros, a Holocaust survivor, to a fictional character known to have escaped a Nazi death camp after losing every member of his family. Byeleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2024 The Nazis put pen to paper and planned out the segregation, deportation, and extermination of Europe’s entire Jewish population in factory-like death camps. Lana Melman, Sun Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for death camp 

Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of death camp was in 1944

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“Death camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20camp. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.

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