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asylum

noun as in refuge

noun as in psychiatric hospital

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Shakur was on the run for five years after her prison break before managing to reach Cuba, where she was granted asylum in 1984.

In 1996, Bourjerdi was granted political asylum and went to Australia as a refugee.

This is because the only location that debate could take place would be in an asylum.

The report explains that there are two stages asylum-seekers must go through when apprehended at the border.

It was unpleasant and discombobulating: a simulation of hostage-taking, mental asylum and demented dreamscape all rolled into one.

Foreign families of neutral nationality sought more tranquil asylum far beyond the suburbs or on ships lying in the harbour.

Lofty trees cast their gigantic shadows along the ground, and promised a secure asylum to peaceful meditation.

In this city he encountered his former ranking officer, shorn of all his possessions, and just emerging from an insane asylum.

If you were in San Francisco you might find some of the attendants in the asylum, who could give you the information you desire.

He was healed at Heilsberg, then locked up in an insane asylum at Stuttgart.

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On this page you'll find 49 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to asylum, such as: haven, refuge, sanctuary, shelter, cover, and den.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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