concentration camp
3
6.8
- noun
- /ˌkɒnsənˈtreɪʃən kæmp/
- Offensive
:
campo de concentración
- Calling an airport green is as cynical as calling a concentration camp humane.
He said it's, quote, a huge concentration camp.
- He said it's, quote, a huge concentration camp.
- They are kidnapping people without due process and sending them to a concentration camp in El Salvador.
- Most perished when the Germans forced them into the barren deserts or into harsh labor and concentration camps.
- I had one particular friend in one of the concentration camp, and his name was Yaakov.
- Genocide, concentration camps, thought reeducation camps, organ harvesting from live dissidents without anesthetic.
Examples
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Why was this peaceful city allowed to degenerate into the world's largest concentration camp?
Fiction book (1999) -
The residents of Hamas are in virtual siege, as if in a concentration camp.
Blog text (4) -
Dr. No runs it like a concentration camp.
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I know this place, it's like a concentration camp, it's beneath you.
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In the rain and the gloom, the small airport had the look of a concentration camp about it.
Fiction book (1996) -
If you've never been to a concentration camp before, it can be pretty overwhelming.
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I thought about how Larry's farm was really a concentration camp, and how I had expected him to live in some splendor.
Fiction book (1997) -
Once Hitler acquired war captives, he saw a way to implement his own slave plantation, which he called the "concentration camp."
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During World War II, many people were imprisoned in a concentration camp, facing harsh conditions and limited freedom.
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The documentary highlighted the suffering endured by those in the concentration camp, where overcrowding and poor sanitation were commonplace.
Synonyms
26
5.3
A camp where guards keep people against their will, often during war
19
7.5
A prison where people are forced to work, often for political reasons
10
7.6
A place where people are held under guard during war or for political reasons
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8.3
A guarded camp where prisoners are kept in harsh conditions
6
7.0
A camp where prisoners must do hard physical work
2
3.2
A place where refugees or migrants are kept temporarily while officials decide if they can enter the country
Antonyms
How Deadly
- NSFW
16
8.4
- Offensive
3
6.8
26
5.3
- UK
36
4.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
A B1 learner who knows 'concentration' (high density) and 'camp' (place where people stay) can plausibly infer a literal meaning of a camp where people are gathered or crowded. However, the established sense — forced detention, systematic oppression and the strong historical/Holocaust connotations — is not fully predictable from the constituents, so full understanding requires prior exposure.
Etymology
Concentration camp is also used as a strong image: because the original camps held people together in crowded, very harsh conditions, people sometimes call any extremely harsh or overcrowded place a 'concentration camp' to show how bad it feels.