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

Their beef escalated this week when Matthews posted a TikTok seemingly throwing shade at Paul, and all hell broke loose.

— Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026
Is the morality fable at the end an allegory of purgatory or hell?

— The Week US, TheWeek, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of hell

Noun

The crew use three tiers of flame bars behind Howell to spark the inferno that will snake through prom, fueled by the growing intensity of Carrie’s powers.

— Entertainment Weekly, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2026
An arson suspect’s rallying cry sparks furor A 30-year-old forklift driver is accused of livestreaming the massive Kimberly-Clark warehouse blaze in Ontario, turning a $500-million toilet paper inferno into a viral protest over wages and capitalism.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of inferno

Noun

In Memoriam looks at these vampires and how they’ve been thrust into the limelight due to the Gehenna War.

— Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
The ball arcs toward Gehenna, and Kemp’s hyper narrator Naruto-runs off the page, trying kawaiily to get under it.

— Alexandra Tanner, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025

Definition of Gehenna

Noun

On one page, tiny, antlike sinners tumbled down a cliff toward perdition.

— Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of perdition

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