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shelter-in-place

shelter-in-place noun: a strategy for avoiding danger, such as gun violence, a hurricane, etc., in which individuals remain inside the building they happen to be in at the time of the danger rather than evacuating and seeking refuge elsewhere. Also the alternative form of shelter in place.

Noun

shelter-in-place (uncountable)

  1. (US, frequently attributive) A strategy for avoiding danger, such as gun violence, a hurricane, etc., in which individuals remain inside the building they happen to be in at the time of the danger rather than evacuating and seeking refuge elsewhere.

Also used as

shelter-in-place is also the alternative form of shelter in place.

Forms of shelter-in-place

third-person singular presentshelters-in-place
present participlesheltering-in-place
past participlesheltered-in-place
pastsheltered-in-place

Questions about shelter-in-place

What does shelter-in-place mean?
Shelter-in-place means a strategy for avoiding danger, such as gun violence, a hurricane, etc., in which individuals remain inside the building they happen to be in at the time of the danger rather than evacuating and seeking refuge elsewhere.
What part of speech is shelter-in-place?
Shelter-in-place is a noun.

Words near shelter-in-place in the dictionary

  1. shelter shock
  2. shelter tent
  3. shelter tents
  4. shelter-half
  5. shelter-halves
  6. shelter-in-place
  7. shelterable
  8. shelterage
  9. shelterages
  10. shelterbelt
  11. shelterbelted

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