Defenition of the word snake pit
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Defenition of the word snake pit
- A historical European means of imposing capital punishment.
- pejorative terms for an insane asylum
- any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you''re alone Christmas is the pits";
- any place of pain and turmoil
Hypernyms for the word snake pit
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- asylum
- insane asylum
- institution
- mental home
- mental hospital
- mental institution
- part
- psychiatric hospital
- region
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