1
: an underground reservoir for liquid waste (such as household sewage)
2
: a filthy, evil, or corrupt place or state
a cesspool of corruption
Examples of cesspool in a Sentence
The region had become a cesspool of pollution.
over the decades the once-respectable neighborhood had become an urban cesspool
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Similarly, Musk has transformed Twitter into a dull, fetid cesspool of White nationalism and paranoid lies.
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Other toilets of the same type — known unflatteringly as large-capacity cesspools — were removed proactively in the Angeles National Forest, officials said.
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Each was a fair question that, instead of serving as an opportunity to inform viewers, got dumped into the cesspool of anti-media hostility.
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Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
Similarly, Musk has transformed Twitter into a dull, fetid cesspool of White nationalism and paranoid lies.
—Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2024
Other toilets of the same type — known unflatteringly as large-capacity cesspools — were removed proactively in the Angeles National Forest, officials said.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2024
Each was a fair question that, instead of serving as an opportunity to inform viewers, got dumped into the cesspool of anti-media hostility.
—Philip Bump, Washington Post, 17 July 2024
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“Cesspool.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cesspool. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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cesspool
noun
cess·pool
ˈses-ˌpül 
: an underground pit or tank for liquid waste (as household sewage)
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