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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

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

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

She’d already finished most of the dragon’s mouth—its lips snarled back to reveal huge razor teeth around an explosion of hellfire.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older


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