Definition of Death camp

1. Noun. A concentration camp where prisoners are likely to die or be killed.

Generic synonyms: Concentration Camp, Stockade

Definition of Death camp

1. Noun. a facility built during the Holocaust by the Nazis to kill especially the Jewish people through gassing ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Death Camp

death-roll
death-squad
death-watch beetle
death-watch beetles
death adder
death angel
death angels
death bed
death bell
death benefit
death by PowerPoint
death by chocolate
death by cop
death by spellcheck
death camas
death camp
death camps
death cap
death caps
death certificates
death chair
death chamber
death clock
death clocks
death cup
death duty
death erection
death erections
death factor

Literary usage of Death camp

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. War Crimes in Bosnia-Hercegovina by Helsinki Watch (Organization : U.S.), Helsinki Watch, Helsinki Watch (Organization : U.S., Ivana Nizich (1993)
"See the following articles written by Gutman for Newsday: "Hidden Horror," July 19, 1992; "Witness Tells of Serbian death camp," July 19, 1992; "For Muslims ..."

2. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States by United States Supreme Court, William Cranch, Henry Wheaton, Richard Peters, Benjamin Chew Howard, Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1903)
"That at the time of his death Camp was largely indebted to his ward for the use and hire of his slaves, and stated an account admitting the sum of about six ..."

3. The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries by John Austin Stevens, Martha Joanna Lamb (1880)
"... suffer Death. CAMP DEEP CREEK X ROADS, 7th August 1780 Parole, Anson. Countersign, Blanford Craven. Of the Day To-morrow Colonel ARMSTRONG. ..."

4. Cracow by Andrew Beattie, Timothy Pepper (2002)
"PLAN OF THE BIRKENAU death camp • Dill • Dill •Dill • Dill III DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD DDD M Pits and pyres on which bodies were burned Former ..."

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