death camp

noun

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

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As the world marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp on Monday, the world’s oldest hatred is again on the rise. Beth Bailey, Fox News, 28 Jan. 2025 The World Will Tremble, a historical drama about an escape from a Nazi death camp, has been acquired for worldwide distribution by Vertical. Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2025 See This Holocaust Survivor Share A Powerful Message On Her 98th Birthday By Michael D. Carroll Breaking News Editor 0 The 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops is being commemorated Monday at the site of the former Nazi death camp. Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025 The house, which was featured in the film The Zone of Interest, is adjacent to the former death camp. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for death camp 

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 9 Feb. 2025.

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