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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Tuesday, the Warriors got a hell of a lot smarter, a hell of a lot tougher, and infinitely better.
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Peristere does his best to re-establish the series’ rhythms before all watery hell breaks loose.
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Bass was in Ghana when the deadly inferno erupted.
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The fire initially grew into a huge inferno, creating a pillar of thick, black smoke that could be seen for miles.
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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.
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Sloth, after all, is a deadly sin, and it was often seen as the first step on the slippery slope to perdition.
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“Tophet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Tophet. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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