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Snake Pit (Noun)

Any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits".

Nouns denoting spatial position.

The hospital's emergency room was a snake pit on Friday nights when all the drunks and partygoers came in.
After the company's financial collapse, the office became a snake pit of backstabbing and finger-pointing.
The refugee camp was a snake pit of despair and desperation, with little hope of escape.
Her marriage had become a snake pit of resentment and anger, with no way out.
The war zone was a snake pit of chaos and destruction, where death lurked around every corner.

Pejorative terms for an insane asylum.

Nouns denoting man-made objects.

The local hospital's psychiatric ward was notorious for being a snake pit where patients were often neglected and mistreated.
The new documentary exposed the deplorable conditions of the old asylum, a snake pit where patients were subjected to inhumane treatments.
The term snake pit was often used to describe the overcrowded and understaffed mental institution on the outskirts of town.
In the 1950s, the snake pit at Willow Creek was the stuff of local legend, a place where the insane were locked away and forgotten.
The whistleblower's testimony revealed the snake pit conditions at the psychiatric hospital, where patients were often left to fend for themselves.