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inferno   (TTS Sound)

The noun inferno has 3 senses

• hell, hell on earth, hellhole, snake pit, the pits, inferno -- (any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits";)


• conflagration, inferno -- (a very intense and uncontrolled fire)


• Hell, perdition, Inferno, infernal region, nether region, pit -- ((Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment; "Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milton; "a demon from the depths of the pit"; "Hell is paved with good intentions"-Dr. Johnson)