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fever-swamps

fever-swamps is the plural of fever-swamp.

Meaning of fever-swamp

Noun

fever-swamp (plural fever-swamps)

  1. Disease-ridden swamp.
    • Think of it as the Martian equivalent of the Fountain of Youth, which that grizzled and gullible old soldier-of-fortune, Ponce de Leon, once searched for in the fever-swamps of Florida, and you will not be far off the mark.1974, Lin Carter, The valley where time stood still, page 31
  2. Group of political extremists.
    • The community has been the focus of the fever-swamp for years, with pundits insisting it's a terrorist training camp.2017 February 21, Heather Yakin, “Our Muslim neighbors are being targeted with violent threats”, in Times Herald-Record
  3. Extreme political positions.
    • Among those caught up in the fever-swamp was Karl Rove, the architect of George W. Bush's two White House wins.2014, John Avlon, Wingnuts: Extremism in the Age of Obama, →ISBN, page 252

Questions about fever-swamps

What is fever-swamps the plural of?
Fever-swamps is the plural of fever-swamp.

Words near fever-swamps in the dictionary

  1. fever trees
  2. fever-dreamlike
  3. fever-pitched
  4. fever-ridden
  5. fever-swamp
  6. fever-swamps
  7. feverbush
  8. fevered
  9. feveret
  10. fevereth
  11. feverets

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