inferno
hell; the infernal regions.
a place or region that resembles hell: The ironworks was an inferno of molten steel and half-naked bodies.
(initial capital letter, italics) the first part of Dante's Divine Comedy, depicting hell and the suffering of the damned.: Compare paradise (def. 7), purgatory (def. 2).
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How to use inferno in a sentence
This is but a mere campfire compared to the potential inferno awaiting us.
‘Why Have I Lost Control?’: Cory Booker in ’92 on Rodney King Echoes Ferguson | Cory Booker | November 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYou go right straight into the inferno, and when you get older, you pull back.
The Stacks: The Eyes of Winter: Paul Newman at 70 | Peter Richmond | October 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe previous massive outrage inferno directed against a “fake” pro in the industry, before Zoe Quinn?
It's Dangerous to Go Alone: Why Are Gamers So Angry? | Arthur Chu | August 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTheir captivity was a pretty big story for a while, but then came September, and the inferno of Lower Manhattan.
The Right Didn’t Mind When Bush Paid a Ransom to Terrorists | Michael Tomasky | June 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNow Paradise and the inferno are understood philosophically as states of being, not places on a chart.
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Coronado inwardly cursed himself for venturing into this inferno, the haunting place of devils in human shape.
Overland | John William De ForestIt was such an abyss as no artist has ever hinted, excepting Doré in his picturings of Dante's "inferno."
Overland | John William De ForestUnder the steam cloud was an inferno, but it was only occasionally visible as the wind tore rents in the vapor.
The Flaming Mountain | Harold Leland GoodwinIt seems hardly necessary to refer the reader to Dante, inferno, xxxiii.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa | Edward HuttonThus to recall the witches' cauldron and the fires of the inferno had an unfailing success as a stimulant to eloquence.
Vie de Bohme | Orlo Williams
British Dictionary definitions for inferno
/ (ɪnˈfɜːnəʊ) /
the inferno (sometimes capital) hell; the infernal region
any place or state resembling hell, esp a conflagration
Origin of inferno
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