dungeons

noun

plural of dungeon
as in jails
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 dungeons Released to critical acclaim in 2022, the role-playing game from Japanese publisher Bandai Namco is set in a dark fantasy world and allows players to head off on adventures within vast environments and dungeons. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2026 Whether Gore is Hammer’s saviour after so long in the cinematic dungeons remains to be seen. — Alex Ritman, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026 And, finally, new dungeons are being peppered throughout the new DLC zone to incentivize you to explore every nook and cranny. — Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 26 Aug. 2026 Orwyle is sent to the dungeons and replaced with a new Grand Maester. — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Meanwhile, Willingham, Riegel, Laura Bailey, Taliesin Jaffe, Ashley Johnson, Liam O’Brien, Marisha Ray, and sometimes special guests, played the characters who delved through dungeons and fought at least five (5) dragons. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 17 June 2026 They were set in crumbling castles and moldering dungeons—that is, amid the rubble of a collapsing social order. — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 1 June 2026 Mapping it out From a vibrant central town hub, Mina the Hollower’s sprawling map splits off to six highly varied dungeons, each culminating in a thrilling climb up a generator tower. — ArsTechnica, 27 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dungeons
  1. jails
  2. cages
  3. prisons
  4. tanks
  5. brigs
  6. penitentiaries
  7. coops
Noun
  • No record of Gutierrez’s arrest appears in an online database maintained by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, which oversees county jails, suggesting that he may have been booked in the LAPD’s detention facilities.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Unlike municipalities, Florida sheriffs offices and county jails were mandated to sign 287(g) agreements.
    — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of jails
Noun
  • Detectives located Ponce-Maqueda in an RV near rooster cages.
    — Larry Seward, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The kitchen was open to the living/dining area, and a room with storage cages was down the hall.
    — Joyce Cohen, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of cages
Noun
  • The Israeli Supreme Court earlier this year ordered the government to resume sharing such lists and allowing the ICRC to visit detainees in Israeli prisons to assess their conditions.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Flávio has promised to designate major criminal factions as terrorist groups, expand prisons and lower the age of criminal responsibility.
    — Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of prisons
Noun
  • In May, at the manufacturing facility, which stores thousands of gallons of toxic chemicals in pressurized tanks used to produce materials such as plexiglass for fighter jet and commercial aircraft windows, one tank threatened to leak or explode.
    — Nilesh Christopher, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
  • But faced with the quantity and quality of Soviet tanks in the East, and British-American tanks in the West, the tank’s purpose became the achievement of total battlefield supremacy.
    — Matthew S Williams, Interesting Engineering, 20 May 2026
Definition of tanks
Noun
  • Cruise ships have brigs – or onboard jails – where they may be held, or they could be confined to their cabins, The Points Guy reported.
    — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 15 July 2026
Definition of brigs
Noun
  • Mexico has 276 prisons, including 14 federal penitentiaries and 249 state prisons.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Hodge says he was abused in multiple federal penitentiaries, but was frequently blocked from filing complaints about it.
    — Christie Thompson, NPR, 13 July 2026
Definition of penitentiaries
Noun
  • In June, his daughter was visiting and spotted temporary coops going up before a permit had been filed.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Kept in coops throughout the region, the birds are routinely tested for viruses.
    — Michael Cuglietta, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of coops

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