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dungeon

[duhn-juhn] / ˈdʌn dʒən /
NOUN
prison
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The catacombs beneath a crumbling city have cracked wide open, revealing a vast, spiraling dungeon teeming with strange beasts and stranger plants.

From Salon • May 12, 2025

The closer we got to the dungeon, the more the administration building deteriorated.

From Slate • Oct. 20, 2024

Not another cooking game, but instead a new take on a dungeon crawler where you can team up with your friends to survive in a twisted reality show competition.

From BBC • Aug. 21, 2024

They must embark on an arduous journey to a lava-swamped region called the Nether and then excavate deep underground to find a dungeon known as a Stronghold.

From New York Times • May 17, 2024

But Penelope, Simon, and the children found themselves in a pitch-dark tunnel that seemed more like the way to a dungeon.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood




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