Tartarus
Americannoun
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a sunless abyss, below Hades, in which Zeus imprisoned the Titans.
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a place in Hades for the punishment of the wicked.
noun
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an abyss under Hades where the Titans were imprisoned
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a part of Hades reserved for evildoers
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the underworld; Hades
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a primordial god who became the father of the monster Typhon
Etymology
Origin of Tartarus
C16: from Latin, from Greek Tartaros, of obscure origin
Example Sentences
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From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2022
Exoplanet hunters have caught sight of a multitude of Earth- and Venus-size worlds far from our galactic backwater, each of them an Elysium or a Tartarus.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 2, 2021
They were defeated, captured, bound and imprisoned in Tartarus by the gods we all learned about in grade school: Zeus and his rapacious clan of divine grifters.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 4, 2020
And so to Jackson, whose wingnut fans believe is currently riding the great ferris wheel in the sky, while his detractors hope he’s strapped to a flaming wheel in Tartarus instead.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 31, 2019
“Bits and pieces of his essence remain, but nothing you could put together again. I suppose some injuries even Tartarus cannot heal.”
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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