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Inferno - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Inferno : (noun)
1: any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the
inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone
Christmas is the pits"; [syn: hell, hell on earth, hellhole,
snake pit, the pits]
2: a very intense and uncontrolled fire [syn: conflagration]
3: (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" [syn: Hell,
perdition, Inferno, infernal region, nether region,
the pit] [ant: Heaven]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Inferno : \In*fer"no\, n. [It. See Infernal.]
The infernal regions; hell. Also used fig.
At each sudden explosion in the inferno below they
sprang back from the brink [of the volcanic crater].
--D. C.
Worcester.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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