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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

The online opinions didn’t stop at hellfire, however.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2024

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

From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 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

He’s completely covered in clay except for the streaks on his cheeks from crying and the hellfire green eyes that are drilling into me.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson




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