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plural dungeons
An underground prison or vault, typically built underneath a castle. quotations examples
Year after year he lay patiently in a dungeon.
1911, Thomas Babington Macaulay, “Bunyan, John”, in 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
The low area between two drumlins. examples
(obsolete) The main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon.
(obsolete) A shrewd person.
(games) An area inhabited by enemies, containing story objectives, treasure, and bosses. examples
(BDSM) A room dedicated to sadomasochistic sexual activity. examples
third-person singular simple present dungeons, present participle dungeoning, simple past and past participle dungeoned
(transitive) To imprison in a dungeon. quotations examples
Of every act of severity, of every bold violation of the constitution, of every bill for dungeoning and gagging the people, of every tax, of every loan, of all that set frugality at defiance, and that mocked at mercy, these men had been either the authors or the most strenuous supporters […]
1830, William Cobbett, History of the Regency and Reign of King George the Fourth