in the hell

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Definition of in the hell

informal + impolite

—used to make a question more forceful

How in the hell did that happen?

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: a nether world in which the dead continue to exist : hades
: the nether realm of the devil and the demons in which condemned people suffer everlasting punishment
: error, sin

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