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hellfire

[hel-fahyuhr] / ˈhɛlˌfaɪər /


NOUN
fire of hell; punishment
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Perhaps that heat he feels is not the warmth of success, but the hellfire of the demon’s fury.

From Salon Sep. 12, 2025

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

When I woke, the city of New York was consumed with burning hellfire.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson




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