INTERNEES Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

internees

noun

plural of internee

as in prisoners

one that has been taken and held in confinement all internees were released upon the cessation of hostilities

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Recent Examples of internees Strausfeld, like many internees, was taken to the Isle of Man, off the northwest coast of England. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2026

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prisoners

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Hospital staff were working to save Pike's life and as of late Thursday were trying to clear the two doses of the drug that the state uses to execute prisoners, her lawyers wrote in a Friday filing in Davidson County Chancery Court.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
Hospital staff, her lawyers said, were working to save Pike’s life and as of late Thursday were trying to clear the two doses of the drug that the state uses to execute prisoners.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

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