Oubliette and Prison

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Oubliette noun - A dungeon with the only entrance or exit being a trap door in the ceiling.

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Prison and oubliette are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prison" instead a noun "Oubliette".

Prison noun - A place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody.

Usage example: the ongoing debate whether drug users should go to prison

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Oubliette and prison are semantically related. You can use "Oubliette" instead a noun "Prison".

Nearby Words: prisoner, prisoned, prisoning

A fun word for a prison of this type is "oubliette" where a prisoner would be thrown to be literally forgotten about (from "oublier" = "to forget").

Source: Thrown Down a Well aka: Oubliette
Sealed Evil in a Can: Gorea was trapped inside a prison called the Seal Sphere, and then that was placed inside a larger prison called the Oubliette, which was then sent into subspace.

Source: Video Game / Metroid Prime: Hunters
While also a prison, the Oubliette from Metroid Prime: Hunters, although it gets pulled back to normal space so that you can fight the Final Boss inside it.

Source: Ominous Floating Castle

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