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hellfire

[hel-fahyuhr] / ˈhɛlˌfaɪər /


NOUN
fire of hell; punishment
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The online opinions didn’t stop at hellfire, however.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2024

Lisa Bryn Rundle, host of the CBC podcast "Uncover: Satanic Panic," calls that book "Michelle Remembers," a now discredited memoir: "the spark that set off the hellfire."

From Salon • May 29, 2022

The ancients thought Earth’s center was hollow: the home of Hades or hellfire, or a realm of tunnels that heated ocean waters.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 30, 2022

Our solar system is home to a magnificent menagerie of moons, from icy ones filled with turbulent oceans to volcanic ones decorated with pits of raging hellfire.

From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2021

There was also a church where the Reverend Cartwright told us about God and the Devil, about heaven and hellfire.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell