Asylum and Threat

Asylum

Asylum noun - A place where insane people are cared for.
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Synonyms for Asylum

Threat is an antonym for asylum.

Threat

Threat noun - Something that may cause injury or harm.
Usage example: terrorism is a threat to the safety of people everywhere

Asylum is an antonym for threat.

Nearby Words: threatening, threaten, threatened

How words are described

similar similar asylum similar threat
actual actual asylum actual threat
real real asylum real threat
large large asylum large threat
Other adjectives: evil, little, personal, military, mysterious, unknown.

Both words in one sentence

  • John Coffey does this to Percy Wetmore in The Green Mile, not through evil intentions but to remove the threat to his friends, resulting in the guard ending up in an insane asylum.
  • Came Back Strong Scarecrow was a minor threat in Batman: Arkham Asylum, where his last scene was him nearly being mauled to death by Killer Croc.
  • Badass Decay When the League of Shadows and the mob went down and he lost his position at the Asylum, he lost most of what made him a threat in the first place.
    Source: Badass Decay
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