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a dark underground space in a castle used for keeping prisoners
The king threw them into the dungeon.
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Recent Examples of dungeon
Rather than a glass coffin, the dwarfs place the princess on a stone slab adorned with flowers in the middle of the woods, keeping vigil until Jonathan shows up one day, having escaped the Queen’s dungeon.
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Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
Built in Unreal Engine 5, Expedition 33’s graphics have an extra shine, but sometimes there’s too much bloom effect in dungeons.
—George Yang, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2025
Having a dungeon to drop in that’s pre-built can take the pressure off running a session during a busy week.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
After the meal, the group let loose and danced in the castle's dungeon.
—Erin Clack, People.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
Built in Unreal Engine 5, Expedition 33’s graphics have an extra shine, but sometimes there’s too much bloom effect in dungeons.
—George Yang, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2025
Having a dungeon to drop in that’s pre-built can take the pressure off running a session during a busy week.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
After the meal, the group let loose and danced in the castle's dungeon.
—Erin Clack, People.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dungeon
Noun
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In that case, a man incarcerated in a local jail filed a complaint with CLERB alleging that deputies damaged his personal property and mishandled legal documents during a cell search.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 May 2025
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In a previous life, the tournament would have been the high point of his professional career, but languishing in a Qatari jail, Ibhais could not bear witnessing the four-week football extravaganza playing out in the Gulf nation.—
Samindra Kunti,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
Noun
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But Hoover will remain in prison, serving a 200-year sentence for his state court conviction for murder.—
Claire Malon,
Chicago Tribune,
31 May 2025
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He was convicted again about a decade later and sentenced to more time in prison.—
Lisa Hagen,
Hartford Courant,
31 May 2025
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As her friend was talking to the female suspect, Lomeli left to find a box to place the kittens in, since the suspects did not want the hand over the cage that originally carried the animals.—
Megan Forrester,
ABC News,
5 June 2025
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The scientists have already utilized the technology to print items such as a checkerboard pattern, a cross, a chain, a ball in a cage, and two balls in a helix.—
Ben Coxworth,
New Atlas,
4 June 2025
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Even if one of the arriving Republic cruisers is probably about to scoop him up and throw him into a proper brig.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
14 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, any question that Jod and Captain Silvo (the pirate whose crew mutinied in the series premiere) are one and the same was dismissed, when Brutus and his crew spoke of how Silvo had escaped the brig before facing a trial.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
10 Dec. 2024
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Unsurprisingly, the likely damage caused by Abrams tanks driving down Washington’s civilian streets was also an issue raised back in 1991.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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The neckline of the tank and the skirt’s hemline included white and clear crystal sequins.—
Rachel Flynn,
People.com,
2 June 2025
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He was freed on parole from the Terre Haute, Indiana, federal penitentiary on Nov. 30, 1948, after serving 32 months of his five-year prison sentence.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2025
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However, he was sent back to the high-security prison in 1962 and stayed there until he was transferred to the federal penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
6 May 2025
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Topics include: chicken breeds, raising chicks, designing coops and pens, chicken health and nutrition.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 May 2025
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Your local university coop extension service (find yours here) may have regional plant recommendations.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
10 May 2025
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“Dungeon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dungeon. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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