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Definition of lunatic asylum noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

lunatic asylum

noun
lunatic asylum pronunciation American
(old-fashioned)
 
an institution where mentally ill people live (the use of this expression is now offensive)
This great composer ended his days in a lunatic asylum.