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View definitions for breeding place

breeding place

noun as in breeding ground

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noun as in hatchery

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Michael Montgomery tested positive for the coronavirus while incarcerated in late March and described the jail as “a breeding place” for the virus.

Persecution led to the birds being wiped out, with the last known breeding place recorded as Culver Cliff on the Isle of Wight in 1780.

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In a message on the conference website, Mahathir said the Muslim world has been plagued by endless wars and for too long has “been associated with bad governance, endemic corruption and a breeding place for terrorism.”

The area is a breeding place for the prothonotary warbler and habitat for dragonflies and damselflies.

“We’ve got to be very aggressive about the things that you do to prevent mosquito transmission. You get rid of the mosquitoes, you get rid of their breeding place, and you have the population—particularly pregnant women if they’re living in that area—to protect themselves against mosquitoes.”

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

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