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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 dungeons
Macabre possibilities haunted us at night, Piranesian visions of dungeons and interrogation chambers.
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Daniel Brook, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Removing hope from the system turns our prisons into dungeons and does not ultimately serve public safety.
—Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2026
Start exploring from the dungeons with sweeping ocean views at Castillo San Felipe del Morro, the city's vast colonial fortress.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 3 Dec. 2025
Beyond rivals the finest Zelda dungeons with its ability to present you with a litany of ingenious puzzles to solve and levels to navigate, micro tasks to complete, and macro goals to accomplish.
—PC Magazine, 2 Dec. 2025
Hidden passageways, dungeons frozen in time, and eerie corridors are like catnip for those with a proclivity toward the paranormal.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2025
The developers sprinkle puzzle elements into some dungeons while also adding moments where stealth is more useful and efficient than brute force.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
Beautiful caverns adorned with foliage and flowers are frequently sandwiched between dungeons filled with cages and cold steel.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
Starting today, the latest duo of PvE dungeons dubbed the Feast of Shadows update is now available for console players.
—David Jagneaux, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Daniel Brook, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Removing hope from the system turns our prisons into dungeons and does not ultimately serve public safety.
—Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2026
Start exploring from the dungeons with sweeping ocean views at Castillo San Felipe del Morro, the city's vast colonial fortress.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 3 Dec. 2025
Beyond rivals the finest Zelda dungeons with its ability to present you with a litany of ingenious puzzles to solve and levels to navigate, micro tasks to complete, and macro goals to accomplish.
—PC Magazine, 2 Dec. 2025
Hidden passageways, dungeons frozen in time, and eerie corridors are like catnip for those with a proclivity toward the paranormal.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2025
The developers sprinkle puzzle elements into some dungeons while also adding moments where stealth is more useful and efficient than brute force.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
Beautiful caverns adorned with foliage and flowers are frequently sandwiched between dungeons filled with cages and cold steel.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
Starting today, the latest duo of PvE dungeons dubbed the Feast of Shadows update is now available for console players.
—David Jagneaux, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dungeons
Noun
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That includes local jails, which are sometimes used to hold immigrants, too.—
Ignacio Calderon,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2026
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In 2023, the number dropped significantly, even as supervision failures within jails persisted, down to 63.—
Ryan Oehrli
April 1,
Charlotte Observer,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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For 32 years, Cruz Monroy has walked the streets of a small town on the fringes of Mexico's capital with a tower of small cages filled with a rainbow of birds.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Mar. 2026
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Tanks have been retrofitted with cages and mesh to deflect drone strikes.—
Holly Williams,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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For the next two weeks, Rebin visited morgues, cemeteries, police stations, prisons, and forensic offices in Tehran and its neighboring districts.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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Programs in Michigan prisons range from high school equivalency and special education to trades like welding, robotics and commercial truck driving.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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When examining the evolution of armoured warfare, the tanks that truly changed modern warfare are those that delivered a decisive technological leap, influenced future tank design, and impacted battlefield outcomes.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Behind bars in state penitentiaries in Gatesville and Marlin, Mejia felt forgotten.—
Emiliano Tahui Gómez,
Austin American Statesman,
17 Mar. 2026
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The wave of prison violence is happening despite the deployment of military and police forces in several penitentiaries.—
Michael Rios,
CNN Money,
8 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Wearing a cockfighter’s cap, George gave us a tour of his chicken coops, taking out a bird for our inspection.—
Jonathan Bernstein,
Rolling Stone,
17 Mar. 2026
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Make sure chicken coops and livestock are protected.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Dungeons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dungeons. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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