| concentration camp n. 1. A camp where civilians, enemy aliens, political prisoners, and sometimes prisoners of war are detained and confined, typically under harsh conditions. 2. A place or situation characterized by extremely harsh conditions. |
concentration camp
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a guarded prison camp in which nonmilitary prisoners are held, esp one of those in Nazi Germany in which millions were exterminated
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| Noun | 1. |  concentration camp - a penal camp where political prisoners or prisoners of war are confined (usually under harsh conditions)camp - a penal institution (often for forced labor); "China has many camps for political prisoners" death camp - a concentration camp where prisoners are likely to die or be killed |
| 2. | concentration camp - a situation characterized by crowding and extremely harsh conditions miserableness, misery, wretchedness - a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune; "the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable" |
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concentration camp
n → Konzentrationslager nt, → KZ nt
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