HELLFIRE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A place of eternal fire envisaged as punishment for the damned

Synonyms:

hellfire; red region

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("hellfire" is a kind of...):

Hell; infernal region; Inferno; nether region; perdition; pit ((Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment)

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