What is "inferno" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does inferno mean in English? Meaning of inferno definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "inferno" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "inferno": any place of pain and turmoil

Noun

  • Meaning: any place of pain and turmoil
  • Example: the hell of battle the inferno of the engine room when you're alone Christmas is the pits
  • Synonyms: hell hell on earth hellhole inferno snake pit the pits
  • Hypernyms: part region
  • Hyphenation: in‧fer‧no

    Meaning of "inferno": a very intense and uncontrolled fire

    Noun

  • Meaning: a very intense and uncontrolled fire
  • Synonyms: conflagration inferno
  • Hyponyms: wildfire
  • Hypernyms: fire
  • Hyphenation: in‧fer‧no

    Meaning of "inferno": (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment

    Noun

  • Meaning: (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment
  • Example: Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell a demon from the depths of the pit Hell is paved with good intentions
  • Synonyms: hell infernal region inferno nether region perdition pit
  • Hyponyms: gehenna hellfire red region tartarus
  • Hypernyms: fictitious place imaginary place mythical place
  • Antonyms: heaven
  • Hyphenation: in‧fer‧no

  • Adjective: A place or situation resembling Hell. D. C. Worcester At each sudden explosion in the inferno below they sprang back from the brink [of the volcanic crater].D. C. Worcester At each sudden explosion in the inferno below they sprang back from the brink [of the volcanic crater].A large fire, a conflagration. 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, Internal Combustion[1]: Blast after blast, fiery outbreak after fiery outbreak, like a flaming barrage from within, […] most of Edison's grounds soon became an inferno. As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities.2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, Internal Combustion[1]: Blast after blast, fiery outbreak after fiery outbreak, like a flaming barrage from within, […] most of Edison's grounds soon became an inferno. As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities.
  • Synonyms:

    purgatory, hellfire, underworld, bottomless pit, fire and brimstone, blazes, Hades, netherworld, everlasting fire,

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