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hellfire

[hel-fahyuhr] / ˈhɛlˌfaɪər /


NOUN
fire of hell; punishment
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"I do not wish that on even my enemies. It was like we just came back from hellfire."

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

No halos here, no hellfire, few kings or queens, pretty much no suffering or death.

From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2023

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2023

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

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

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson




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