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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

He, like anyone else here, knew firsthand about the hellfire that raised them in north Omaha.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2023

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

“That’s why he doesn’t do interviews. He is genuinely trying to save his soul from the hellfire, and he doesn’t want to benefit at all from what he did. He’s ashamed of what he did.”

From New York Times Nov. 22, 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




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