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hellfire

[hel-fahyuhr] / ˈhɛlˌfaɪər /


NOUN
fire of hell; punishment
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It’s also become a modern story about the crispy hellfires of tabloid journalism in the social media era.

From Washington Post

Trump followers, who've evidently studied the Beer Hall Putsch, believe the Trumplican party will be victorious and consume its enemies in hellfire, congressional hearings and a never-ending belittlement on conservative media.

From Salon

Among the purchases was the “hellfire” trigger device.

From New York Times

There are sections of sensuality and sludgy stasis; strings that chatter and murmur with mischief; and martial horrors similar to, well, hellfire.

From New York Times

Clara Schumann writes with a loveliness that Mahler underscores with an anxious darkness; Mayer’s “Erlkönig” churns with drama, but with more shape than Schubert’s hellfire.

From New York Times