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supermax en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From super- + max (as in maximum security prison).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Being, or pertaining to, such a prison.
   • Kaczynski had been held in the federal supermax prison in Florence, Colorado, since May 1998, when he was sentenced to four life sentences plus 30 years for a campaign of terror that set universities nationwide on edge. 2023 June 11, “‘Unabomber’ Ted Kaczynski died by suicide in prison – report”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

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supermax en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From super- + max (as in maximum security prison).

Meanings

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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