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NOUN (3)

1. any place of pain and turmoil;
- Example: "the hell of battle"
- Example: "the inferno of the engine room"
- Example: "when you're alone Christmas is the pits";
[syn: hell, hell on earth, hellhole, snake pit, the pits, inferno]

2. a very intense and uncontrolled fire;
[syn: conflagration, inferno]

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



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Inferno \In*fer"no\, n. [It. See Infernal.]
   1. The infernal regions; hell.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   2. Hence: A raging fire.
      [PJC]

            At each sudden explosion in the inferno below they
            sprang back from the brink [of the volcanic crater].
                                                  --D. C.
                                                  Worcester.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

inferno
    n 1: any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the
         inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas
         is the pits"; [syn: hell, hell on earth, hellhole,
         snake pit, the pits, inferno]
    2: a very intense and uncontrolled fire [syn: conflagration,
       inferno]
    3: (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 [syn: Hell, perdition,
       Inferno, infernal region, nether region, pit] [ant:
       Heaven]