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Snake pit

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Noun
  1. 1
    A pit filled with snakes.
  2. 2
    pejorative terms for an insane asylum wordnet
  3. 3
    Any institution (such as a school, prison, hospital, etc.) run in an inept or inhumane way, or full of hostile or treacherous people. figuratively

    "Her friends try to persuade her, even fool her, into taking her medication; when she refuses, they try to commit her. She leaves for Ireland, where she has scheduled a speaking tour. There, she is arrested and incarcerated in a real snake-pit: the Our Lady of Clare rest home. And as she tries to figure out how to get out she realizes […]"

  4. 4
    any place of pain and turmoil wordnet

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