inferno Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun any place of pain and turmoil;
   the pits; hellhole; snake pit; hell on earth; hell.
   
   • the hell of battle
   • the inferno of the engine room
   • when you're alone Christmas is the pits
2. noun a very intense and uncontrolled fire
   conflagration.
   
3. noun (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment
   infernal region; perdition; nether region; Hell; pit.
   
   • 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

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