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 Zebco’s assistant realized with horror the model was used in Nazi death camps. Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 1 July 2024 Adding to that feeling for Holland is the coincidence that the Green Border area is quite close to the former location of Sobibor, a World War II German death camp that was the site of a famous prisoner rebellion and escape. Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2024 Steven Spielberg’s black and white, beautifully shot film about a Nazi factory owner who endeavors to save his own slave laborers from the death camps was based on Thomas Keneally’s historical fiction novel Schindler’s Ark, which relied on interviews with real survivors. John Ortved, Vogue, 14 June 2024 Tower fans that save you space and keep you cool The yearly memorial march at the former death camp at Auschwitz overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas war CT has nearly $400 million in unspent federal funds. Hartford Courant, 13 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for death camp 

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Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

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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 27 Jul. 2024.

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