Thesaurus: Inferno
(Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment
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Definitions
- n. (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment
- n. any place of pain and turmoil
- n. a very intense and uncontrolled fire
- 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.
- The infernal regions; hell. Also used fig.
- n:100 n any place of pain and turmoil; n a very intense and uncontrolled fire n (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment