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Recent Examples of hellfire
Meanwhile, Cory is catching some hellfire of his own thanks to a different member of Celine’s family: her husband Miles.
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Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2025
But, unbeknownst to them, the maid of honor (Wilson) is actually a secret agent ready to rain hellfire upon anyone who would dare ruin her best friend's wedding.
—EW.com, 19 June 2025
Under an especially beautiful carbon fiber fairing lurks an inline four engine punching out over 230 hp (169 kW) of electronically refined hellfire.
—Joe Salas
may 25, New Atlas, 25 May 2025
Frequently, the kill shot that ends an attempt comes from a hellfire blast that could be plainly seen coming but slipped in between the lines between one parry and another.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2025
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Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2025
But, unbeknownst to them, the maid of honor (Wilson) is actually a secret agent ready to rain hellfire upon anyone who would dare ruin her best friend's wedding.
—EW.com, 19 June 2025
Under an especially beautiful carbon fiber fairing lurks an inline four engine punching out over 230 hp (169 kW) of electronically refined hellfire.
—Joe Salas
may 25, New Atlas, 25 May 2025
Frequently, the kill shot that ends an attempt comes from a hellfire blast that could be plainly seen coming but slipped in between the lines between one parry and another.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hellfire
Noun
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Could someone in the hot tub steal a glance at a guest in the sunken conversation pit?—
Hannah Martin,
Architectural Digest,
6 Feb. 2026
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The fuel leak occurred when a fuel pit hydrant attached to a fuel system pipeline burst north of Terminal T at Hartsfield-Jackson, the EPA told outlets.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The next few months are pivotal and will determine whether this team slides backward into the abyss that came before Shanahan or back onto a path where Cup contention becomes viable again.—
Jonas Siegel,
New York Times,
2 Feb. 2026
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Incarnating a character like this, involves a lot of jumps into an unknown abyss of a play, of a game, of a world that’s been created, and every day there is a risk.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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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.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
31 Oct. 2025
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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
Noun
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The fire and brimstone nature of both fixtures, played in potentially imposing and intimidating stadiums, carries the risk of heightening the level of a player’s tension, in turn hindering their concentration or ability to follow a plan.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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How to commemorate a religious sect that was unique, tolerant, forward-thinking, unjustly antagonized—but also short-lived, cultish, poorly documented, and fixated on fire and brimstone?—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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The gates of hell are opened — and Maria (Sarah Sherman) is thrown out the window three times!—
Andy Hoglund,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Feb. 2026
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Denver author Josiah Hesse was raised by Evangelical parents in churches that believe in the torments of hell, that their poverty is due to their sinfulness and lack of faith.—
Sandra Dallas,
Denver Post,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Hellfire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hellfire. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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