infernal region
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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, Hell, Scheol, netherworld, underworld |
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Related Words: imaginary place |
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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: Hell, Inferno, nether region, perdition, the pit |
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Related Words: Gehenna, Tartarus, hellfire, imaginary place, red region |
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