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English to English noun
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any place of pain and turmoil |
• 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 |
• 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 |
• 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 |
• No one goes to Hades with all his immense wealth
source: wordnet30
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violent and excited activity |
• they began to fight like sin
source: wordnet30
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noisy and unrestrained mischief |
• 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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