inferno
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(noun) a very intense and uncontrolled fire |
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Synonyms: conflagration |
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Related Words: fire, wildfire |
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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, infernal region, nether region, perdition, the pit |
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Related Words: Gehenna, Tartarus, hellfire, imaginary place, red region |
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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, hell on earth, the pits |
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Related Words: part, region |
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