hellhole

By 1994, when Fear Street Part 1 takes place, Shadyside has been known for generations as a full-on hellhole.
Netflix's Fear Street Trilogy Is Generic Straight-to-VHS Horror With Nostalgic Flair|Judy Berman|July 7, 2021|Time
My parents retired to a total hellhole, not so much as a nearby playground, that requires a four-hour flight.
Carolyn Hax: The parents vs. the pontoon boat: A vacation conundrum|Carolyn Hax|April 15, 2021|Washington Post
They'd tell you immediately that we need security around our ambassador in a hellhole like Benghazi.
Don't Blame Gay Men for Benghazi|David Frum|October 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
“This place was a hellhole,” says Akram Mohamed Ramadan, a rebel fighter who came to visit the prison on Friday.
Return to Tripoli’s Notorious Jail|Babak Dehghanpisheh|August 28, 2011|DAILY BEAST

From these headquarters, Maria Leon and her family had turned the neighborhood into a hellhole.
The Gangster Matriarch of L.A.|Christine Pelisek|September 13, 2010|DAILY BEAST
At least I could comfort myself with the thought that the mom and kid got out of that hellhole alive.
My Disney Cruise from Hell|Laura Bennett|April 9, 2010|DAILY BEAST
How did you research that portrait of Aden, which seems like the most terrifying hellhole I can imagine?
A Novel That's the Best Medicine|Tina Brown|February 11, 2009|DAILY BEAST
The flag which floats over every hellhole of mine and mill and prison?
The Red Conspiracy|Joseph J. Mereto
But near the Mammoth Hot Springs is a hellhole that did attract me.
Wild Animals at Home|Ernest Thompson Seton

British Dictionary definitions for hellhole

hellhole

/ (ˈhɛlˌhəʊl) /

noun

an unpleasant or evil place

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