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Inferno

//ɪnˈfɝnoʊ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A place or situation resembling Hell.

    "At each sudden explosion in the inferno below they sprang back from the brink [of the volcanic crater]."

  2. 2
    (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment wordnet
  3. 3
    A large fire; a conflagration.

    "The inferno ripped through the forest, destroying anything in its path."

  4. 4
    a very intense and uncontrolled fire wordnet
  5. 5
    any place of pain and turmoil wordnet

Etymology

From Italian inferno (“hell”), from Latin infernus (“of the lower regions”), inferna (“the lower regions”); see infernal. The meaning "big fire" came as a figurative use from the traditional idea of hellfire.

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