Asylum
Asylum noun - Something (as a building) that offers cover from the weather or protection from danger.
Usage example: the embassy serves as an asylum for that country's nationals in need of help
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Place
Place noun - The area or space occupied by or intended for something.
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Finally, Cavendish finishes Arkham's spell, which is intended to exorcise the mad demon that infests the asylum, but because it's April Fools' Day, everything works backward and he instead is the one to send it back in time and infest the asylum in the first place.
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Sucker Punch takes place in an asylum de facto run by an especially crooked orderly, with the main characters plotting to escape the place before protagonist Baby Doll's lobotomist arrives.
Source: Bedlam House - She also sent Lotte to the same place, foreshadowed when Hallam wonders how in the world his mother would know of a "good" asylum to send Lotte to.
Source: Pet The Dog / Live-Action TV
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