noun
1 protection given by a government
ADJECTIVE
▪ political
▪ temporary
VERB + ASYLUM
▪ apply for , claim , request , seek
▪
She fled the country, and is now seeking ~ in Sweden.
▪ give sb , grant sb , offer sb
▪ get , receive
▪ deny sb , refuse sb
▪
Over 400 people have been refused ~.
ASYLUM + NOUN
▪ seeker
▪
bogus/genuine ~ seekers
▪ application , case , claim
PHRASES
▪ an application for ~
▪ the right of ~ , the right to ~
▪
Those fleeing from the war have the right to ~.
2 mental hospital
ADJECTIVE
▪ insane , lunatic , mental
PREPOSITION
▪ in an/the ~
▪
He spent three years in an ~.