Den and Pit

Den

Den noun - The shelter or resting place of a wild animal.

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Pit and den are semantically related. in haunt topic. In some cases you can use "Pit" instead a noun "Den".

Pit noun - A sunken area forming a separate space.

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Den and pit are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Den" instead a noun "Pit".

old	old den	old pit
full	full den	full pit
long	long den	long pit
original	original den	original pit
Other adjectives: massive, big, huge, fiery, black, dark, hidden, literal, said, local, nearby, festering.

In The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, a skooma den near Riften had evidence of this going on such as caged pit wolves and a small arena area with a bloody wolf corpse inside it.

Source: Beastly Bloodsports
Fight Clubbing: While the arena is socially acceptable, the Pit is an underground fight club that is considered a shameful den of depravity.

Source: Series / Spartacus: Blood and Sand
There are also five bosses found wandering in a pit within the Dragon's Den - Dark Behemoth, Abyss Worm, Gargantua, Earth Eater, and the Malboro Menaces and bosses-in-chests: Neslug, Plague, and the Flan Princesses, which use massive recovery, Doom to all, and Berserk to all, respectively.

Source: Bonus Boss

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