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(noun) noisy and unrestrained mischief; "raising blazes" |
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Synonyms: blaze |
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Related Words: devilment, devilry, deviltry, mischief, mischief-making, mischievousness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan |
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(noun) a cause of difficulty and suffering; "war is hell"; "go to blazes" |
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Synonyms: blaze |
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Related Words: trouble |
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(noun) (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment: "Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milton; "a demon from the depths of the pit" |
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Synonyms: Inferno, infernal region, nether region, perdition, the pit |
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Related Words: Gehenna, Tartarus, hellfire, imaginary place, red region |
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Antonyms: Heaven |
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(noun) any place of pain and turmoil: "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits"; |
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Synonyms: hell on earth, inferno, the pits |
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Related Words: part, region |
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(noun) (colloquial) violent and excited activity; "they began to fight like sin" |
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Synonyms: sin |
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Related Words: activity |
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(noun) (in various religions) the world of the dead; "he didn't want to go to hell when he died" |
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Synonyms: Hades, Hel, Scheol, infernal region, netherworld, underworld |
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Related Words: imaginary place |
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