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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
Most of Starfield's dungeons are randomized.
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ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2025
The asylum has gone into high alert, and Thornhill sneaks into Tyler’s dungeon amid the chaos to free him.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 7 Aug. 2025
There's a training dungeon and a helpful butler and everything.
—American Booksellers Association, USA Today, 25 July 2025
Or put me up somewhere else until his dungeon is fully dried out.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
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ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2025
The asylum has gone into high alert, and Thornhill sneaks into Tyler’s dungeon amid the chaos to free him.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 7 Aug. 2025
There's a training dungeon and a helpful butler and everything.
—American Booksellers Association, USA Today, 25 July 2025
Or put me up somewhere else until his dungeon is fully dried out.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for dungeon
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dungeon
Noun
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North Little Rock police officer Tommy Norman, whose social media presence attracted millions of followers before his Saturday arrest on a domestic battery count, was released from jail Monday morning after posting a $350 bond, court records showed.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Sep. 2025
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Tahoe is obviously getting more aggressive with icon-shape enforcement, up to and including automatically manipulating them and sentencing them to icon jail.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Scott was convicted of murder and sent to prison.—
Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
17 Sep. 2025
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Barr was attorney general when Epstein was found dead in his prison cell in 2019, a death that was later deemed a suicide.—
Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Equipment includes cages, outdoor runs, treadmills, and a microchipping kit.—
Brandon Kochkodin,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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These materials will be used to build the powerful magnets that form a magnetic cage to confine plasma heated to temperatures exceeding 150 million degrees Celsius (302 million degrees Fahrenheit).—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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M’Benga makes the difficult decision to send Gamble, or whatever, to the brig.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
7 Aug. 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
Noun
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The tank-like Gepard has a turret with a pair of 35mm automatic cannon firing almost 20 rounds a second, guided by the Gepard’s own radar.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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An environmental services worker in Sacramento, California died this week after passing out inside a tank at a Costco store, according to local fire officials.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Arcángela and Serafina remain in the women’s penitentiary, continuing to operate illicit businesses and accumulating wealth, but without hope of freedom.—
Isabella Wandermurem,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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Prisoners look out of their cell at maximum security penitentiary CECOT (Center for the Compulsory Housing of Terrorism) on April 4 in Tecoluca, San Vicente, El Salvador.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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CoreWeave’s chicken coop days gave it a good foundation for that skillset.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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Your local university coop extension service can help (find yours here).—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Dungeon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dungeon. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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