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slums

noun as in inner city

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And in a city with large slums and poor sanitation, rats can thrive easily, fleas and all, to spread the plague.

The episode includes satirical images of crime-ridden, rat-infested slums overrun by child-biting monkeys.

Vidigal and the other slums of Brazil—known as favelas—are testaments to years of government neglect and unchecked urbanism.

Then Mr. Wilde told Vance he could go; and he went, shambling like an outcast of the slums.

Ahmed grew up in a very poor area of Egypt—the slums of Cairo.

It is said that atheists are bred in slums, and amidst brick walls and unlovely surroundings.

The head of it faces the doors of the prison; its tail descends into the sunless slums of the Low Calton.

Therefore, the logical place to look for subversion is in the slums.

Most of us pretended to look for them and loafed about the neighbouring slums.

But that night God anointed me for street preaching and for work in slums, dives and saloons.

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On this page you'll find 12 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to slums, such as: central city, downtown, slum, barrio, center city, and core.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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