Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for Tophet
Noun
  • Also, sometimes the lure of carry is the shortest way to hell.
    Vineer Bhansali, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Eventually, the warden showed up and welcomed them to el infierno—hell.
    Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The rain, along with a phalanx of firefighters, wasn’t enough to stop the inferno that resulted.
    Tony Sachs, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • To the north, firefighters have had more luck against the Zogg Fire, a similarly fast-moving inferno that has killed four people.
    Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • California policymakers continue to make laws and allow regulators to contrive rules that make California a land of perdition rather than destination for enterprise because they have been captured by left-of-center interests.
    Kerry Jackson, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
  • And there’s nothing to do but flee as though escaping perdition or howl as though hunting salvation.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2025
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“Tophet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Tophet. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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