Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for Tophet
Noun
  • Yes, these Eagles have been to hell.
    Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The press helped to turn public opinion against the war, not because the press was antiwar or even had a politics but because war is hell, and hell is photogenic.
    Louis Menand, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The inferno moved rapidly, quickly engulfing the chapel – with an unknown number of people still inside.
    Holly Yan, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The streamer will also be on stage for a panel about Paul Greengrass’ The Lost Bus, in which a wayward school bus driver and a dedicated school teacher battle to save 22 children from a terrifying inferno.
    The Deadline Team, Deadline, 29 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 8 Oct. 2025.

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