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Meaning of 'bedlam' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Bedlam [ a.]
- Belonging to, or fit for, a madhouse.
2 . Bedlam [ n.]
- A place appropriated to the confinement and care of the insane; a madhouse.
- An insane person; a lunatic; a madman.
- Any place where uproar and confusion prevail.

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