death camp

noun

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

Examples of death camp in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Felixer runs, admirably, on solar power; its poison, somewhat less admirably, was allegedly considered by the Nazis for use in their death camps before being deemed too dangerous. — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

French police rounded up thousands of Jews over two days in July 1942, wresting children from their mothers’ arms and dispatching everyone to Nazi death camps. — Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026

The deportation of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto to the Treblinka death camp began. — USA Today, 7 July 2026

Seven of my eight great-grandparents were murdered in the German death camps of Europe. — Anne Neuberger, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for death camp

• decamp
• encamp
• headlamp
• preamp
• revamp
• timestamp
• amp
• champ
• clamp
• cramp
• damp
• gamp