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supermaxes

supermaxes is the plural of supermax.

Meaning of supermax

Noun

supermax (plural supermaxes)

  1. (US) A prison with the highest possible level of security.
    • As he sits today in Supermax, Powers had amputated his fingers, a testicle, his scrotum and his earlobes, has cut his Achilles tendon, and had tried several times to kill himself.2012 June 18, Andrew Cohen, “An American Gulag: Descending into Madness at Supermax”, in The Atlantic, retrieved 11 Jun 2023

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Questions about supermaxes

What is supermaxes the plural of?
Supermaxes is the plural of supermax.

Words near supermaxes in the dictionary

  1. supermatrices
  2. supermatrix
  3. supermatrixes
  4. supermature
  5. supermax
  6. supermaxes
  7. supermaxi
  8. supermaxilla
  9. supermaxillae
  10. supermaxillary
  11. supermaxim

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