1
as in inferno
the place of punishment for the wicked after death
condemned to hell for their sins
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2
as in nightmare
a situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness
picking cotton under the hot summer sun was hell
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as in havoc
a state in which everything is out of order
all hell broke loose when the jury's verdict was announced
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Recent Examples of hell
The only thing that’s not authentic is Larry, then let that cause all hell to break loose.
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Peter White,
Deadline,
26 June 2026
One released a chaff cascade—hell’s own monsoon manifesting as specks of light, sound, and EM pulses falling through the hanging garden.
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Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
26 June 2026
Kristen Stewart and Alia Shawkat are about to go on a hell of a trip.
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Derek Lawrence,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 June 2026
All the lasers, bombs and explosions that Fox’s Arwing navigates look ultra high-definition without turning into the overwhelming bullet-hell of other shooters.
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Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
25 June 2026
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Peter White,
Deadline,
26 June 2026
One released a chaff cascade—hell’s own monsoon manifesting as specks of light, sound, and EM pulses falling through the hanging garden.
—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
26 June 2026
Kristen Stewart and Alia Shawkat are about to go on a hell of a trip.
—
Derek Lawrence,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 June 2026
All the lasers, bombs and explosions that Fox’s Arwing navigates look ultra high-definition without turning into the overwhelming bullet-hell of other shooters.
—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
25 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for hell
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hell
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But Grand Junction’s cloudless blue sky gave no hint of the inferno that continued to ravage the Colorado-Utah border less than an hour away.
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The story detailed the first critical hours of the Palisades fire, when thousands of residents had to decide whether and how to flee the inferno.
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Now imagine all their parents having nightmares that this was their university experience.
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From dream home to disaster But faster than a rushing river, that dream became a nightmare when disastrous flooding hit Kerr County last summer.
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The beloved southern elephant seal, Neil the Seal, is back in Tasmania, causing havoc yet again and garnering fans through his antics.
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Those same issues have ships and planes on high alert in the Middle East, and the ongoing conflict across the region is causing havoc for civilian applications like ride-hailing and food delivery.
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While the Kings have plenty on the flank after the February addition of Artemi Panarin, Kuzmenko was a positive contributor when healthy and trusted last season, while their needs in the middle are less of a hole and more of an abyss.
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The drugs seem more like a trip into the abyss instead of a gateway to euphoria.
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Adding to Rezaeian’s agony, right before the final whistle another potential clincher, a header from Khalilzadeh, hit the crossbar.
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The agony of Sudan runs deep; its history is crisscrossed with blood.
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The reason can be explained by a Japanese proverb about the importance of leaving no mess.
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Clean high-traffic areas or rooms where pets and kids tend to cause messes more frequently.
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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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The Charlotte region will start feeling like a frying pan come Wednesday, and forecasters expect the sticky misery to linger into next week.
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But the misery of the heat would add to the story told over natural wine at a bar back home.
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“Hell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hell. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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