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Inferno

Inferno Meaning & Definition
Inferno Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Inferno?

[n] a very intense and uncontrolled fire
[n] (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"
[n] any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits";

Synonyms | Synonyms for Inferno: conflagration | Hell | hell on earth | hellhole | infernal region | nether region | perdition | snake pit | the pit | the pits

Related Terms | Find terms related to Inferno: Abaddon | abyss | avichi | blazes | conflagration | equator | furnace | Gehenna | Hades | hell | holocaust | infernal regions | jahannan | limbo | lower world | Naraka | nether world | netherworld | oven | Pandemonium | perdition | pit | place of torment | purgatory | shades below | Sheol | steam bath | subtropics | the abyss | the bottomless pit | the grave | the pit | Tophet | Torrid Zone | tropics | underworld

See Also | fire | Gehenna | hellfire | imaginary place | part | red region | region | Tartarus | wildfire

Inferno In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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