1
as in inferno
the place of punishment for the wicked after death
condemned to hell for their sins
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2
as in nightmare
a situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness
picking cotton under the hot summer sun was hell
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3
as in havoc
a state in which everything is out of order
all hell broke loose when the jury's verdict was announced
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Recent Examples of hell
For the president, for Billy and for every one of us who went through hell to get here.
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Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 18 Feb. 2025
This would be fine in previous seasons, where the ’90s storyline propelled each episode with fresh hell in every episode.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 14 Feb. 2025
The Cowboys seem to be more concerned about the possibility of cap hell than exhausting every last resource to win now.
—Jon MacHota, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
With world leaders and the Prime Minister of Japan gathered for the President’s summit to sell this idea of a worldwide treaty, gunfire and all hell breaks out as one of the guests invited by Sam suddenly tries to assassinate Ross.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 12 Feb. 2025
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Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 18 Feb. 2025
This would be fine in previous seasons, where the ’90s storyline propelled each episode with fresh hell in every episode.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 14 Feb. 2025
The Cowboys seem to be more concerned about the possibility of cap hell than exhausting every last resource to win now.
—Jon MacHota, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
With world leaders and the Prime Minister of Japan gathered for the President’s summit to sell this idea of a worldwide treaty, gunfire and all hell breaks out as one of the guests invited by Sam suddenly tries to assassinate Ross.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 12 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hell
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The inferno that raged across the Palisades on Jan. 7 took thousands of homes and several lives.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Feb. 2025
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Despite tens of billions of dollars spent so far in California alone to reduce the risk of electric ignition, last month's infernos suggest that much more needs to be done to make sure the electric grid does not contribute to more tragedy.—
Jeff Young,
Newsweek,
19 Feb. 2025
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Dorr is a technical executive with the Electric Power Research Institute, where he gets paid to think about the nightmare scenarios for electrical equipment fires and test ways to prevent them.—
Jeff Young,
Newsweek,
19 Feb. 2025
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Marshmallow centers on Morgan (played by Kue Lawrence), an introverted 12-year-old suffering from nightmares who heads to a secluded summer camp.—
Ryan Gajewski,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Feb. 2025
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Protecting The Future Of 5G And AI The U.S. government has reported that Chinese nation-state threat actor groups have been causing havoc to U.S. critical infrastructure, including telecommunications services.—
Anand Oswal,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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For over a year, bird flu has caused havoc in the farming industry, leading to millions of dead birds and thousands of sick cows – and causing egg prices to run up.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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In four lines, the poetry soars and plummets, travels up into the cosmos and back down into the abyss.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
12 Feb. 2025
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There is the abyss of self-doubt and insecurity on one hand, the desire to create something unique and universally admired on the other, and jealousy and envy in the middle.—
Karl Ove Knausgaard,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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Challenges of rebuilding Victims who lost homes will be faced with the decision whether to rebuild — which can be agony.—
Tony Saavedra,
Orange County Register,
24 Feb. 2025
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Then, Cara’s killshot was followed by her screams of agony at her dire circumstances.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
23 Feb. 2025
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The fund did lower its payout after the 2022 mess, leaving itself room to buy bargains.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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Mark Critchley has a full explainer on the financial mess.—
Chris Branch,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
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Appropriately for a fantasy of perdition suited to this nihilistic century, the logic of eternal punishment remains opaque.—
Elisa Gonzalez,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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The perdition market did not respond to Newsweek's request for comment asking if an announcement like FanDuel's would follow.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
15 Jan. 2025
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One of the few remaining positives in his life is upended before the pilot comes to a close, pushing poor Ted that much further into misery.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
23 Feb. 2025
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Human misery and environmental devastation proved the cost of turning coffee from a luxury good into a staple.—
Peter S. Goodman,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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“Hell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hell. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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