TOPHET Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

Tophet

noun

ˈtō-fət

Definition of Tophet

as in hell

the place of punishment for the wicked after death a vision in which the souls of the damned plunged into Tophet like rocks falling down a mountainside

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Noun

When the typewriter was first invented, writers kicked hell and said, The thing is writing.

— Will Oremus, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026
The cast, of course, knew that experience of family as heaven, hell and somewhere in between.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 2 July 2026

Definition of hell

Noun

Sunday’s temperature for the men’s final is forecast to be around 82 degrees—hot, yes, but nothing like the inferno that was Paris—and so external factors would seem to be at a minimum.

— Corey Seymour, Vogue, 10 July 2026
At least 12 people have been killed in one of southern Spain’s worst-ever wildfires, local officials said Friday, as tragic stories emerge of victims’ attempts to flee the inferno.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 10 July 2026

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Under cover of awkward teen dancing, the pair slipped into the library, riffled through the card catalog, and discovered, in addition to Soul on Ice, eight other volumes in PONY-U perdition.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 June 2026
Sloth, after all, is a deadly sin, and it was often seen as the first step on the slippery slope to perdition.

— JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2025

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