hellscape
noun
hell·scape
ˈhel-ˌskāp 
plural hellscapes
: a hellish landscape : a harshly unpleasant place or environment
I blame growing up in Southern California—this did not prepare me for real winter, much less the frigid hellscape that is New York in January.—
Aliza Arbabanel
Aliza ArbabanelMeanwhile, it's heartbreaking to see Route 33, once called out by Jalopnik as "America's greatest driving road," reduced to this horrifying hellscape. And, of course, to think about all the nearby people and animals and communities being inundated with fire and smoke.—Andrew P. Collins
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The irony of allowing men who assault and rape women to determine that women also must carry pregnancies to term is a dystopian hellscape that is happening right now in the United States.
—Krista Vernoff, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2024
Incidents like these will lead to media coverage that gives further grist to those who insist L.A. is a hellscape that can’t be saved.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
For those of us who are sadly caught in the hellscape that is X, formerly known as Twitter, posting on that platform can sometimes feel like sending messages into the void.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 15 Oct. 2024
Donald Trump stood on a lawn at his golf course in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, today, speaking to mainstream and right-wing media, and made a long shot pitch for votes in the state while also bashing it as a poorly run hellscape.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2024
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Krista Vernoff, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2024
Incidents like these will lead to media coverage that gives further grist to those who insist L.A. is a hellscape that can’t be saved.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
For those of us who are sadly caught in the hellscape that is X, formerly known as Twitter, posting on that platform can sometimes feel like sending messages into the void.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 15 Oct. 2024
Donald Trump stood on a lawn at his golf course in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, today, speaking to mainstream and right-wing media, and made a long shot pitch for votes in the state while also bashing it as a poorly run hellscape.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2024
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“Hellscape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hellscape. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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