English to English noun
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any place of pain and turmoil | Example:
• the hell of battle • the inferno of the engine room • when you're alone Christmas is the pits
source: wordnet30
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a cause of difficulty and suffering | Example:
• war is hell • go to blazes
source: wordnet30
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(Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment | Example:
• Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell • a demon from the depths of the pit • Hell is paved with good intentions
source: wordnet30
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(religion) the world of the dead | Example:
• No one goes to Hades with all his immense wealth
source: wordnet30
5 |
violent and excited activity | Example:
• they began to fight like sin
source: wordnet30
6 |
noisy and unrestrained mischief | Example:
• raising blazes
source: wordnet30
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The place of the dead, or of souls after death; the grave; -- called in Hebrew sheol, and by the Greeks hades. | source: webster1913 verb source: webster1913
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