refugee camp

Noun

Meaning

shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

camp bivouac refuge asylum encampment clique cantonment bivouacking Camps refugees camp shati refugee camps for refugees el bureij evacuation station general alladia camp
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Antonyms

debt

Hypernyms

shelter

Examples

The hardship of living in a refugee camp made me psychologically strong. Philip Emeagwali

If I was in a refugee camp somewhere on the Pakistani border, of course I'd want to come to Australia. Tony Abbott

The particular refugee camp we were in, they were hungry for play, they were hungry for any kind of normalcy. Connie Sellecca

Palestinians living in the Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria have been massacred both by Bashar al-Assad's troops and throat-cutting mujahideen from ISIS. The massacre of Christians, Yazidis and Druze minorities by Islamist groups in Syria and Iraq contrasts with the safety those groups enjoy in Israel. Amir Taheri

An overflow site - the Kara Tepe Refugee Camp - has since been built but there is still not enough space to accommodate all arrivals. Source: Internet

President Bach of the International Olympic Committee said, "Pur's extraordinary journey, from Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya to Rio 2016 where he competed for the first IOC Refugee Olympic Team, inspires us all. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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