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shelters-in-place

shelters-in-place is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shelter-in-place.

Meaning 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.

Questions about shelters-in-place

What is shelters-in-place the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Shelters-in-place is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shelter-in-place.

Words near shelters-in-place in the dictionary

  1. shelterlessness
  2. sheltermate
  3. sheltermates
  4. shelters
  5. shelters in place
  6. shelters-in-place
  7. sheltersome
  8. shelterwood
  9. sheltery
  10. sheltie
  11. shelties

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