PERDITION Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

perdition

noun

pər-ˈdi-shən

Definition of perdition

as in hell

the place of punishment for the wicked after death simple stupidity is not enough to doom one to perdition

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Recent Examples of perdition 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 Yet, the measure was promptly shuffled into the House Rules Committee, where it could be buried to perdition. — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2025 Appropriately for a fantasy of perdition suited to this nihilistic century, the logic of eternal punishment remains opaque. — Elisa Gonzalez, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025 The perdition market did not respond to Newsweek's request for comment asking if an announcement like FanDuel's would follow. — Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for perdition

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His second, a collaboration with the Times puzzle editor Tracy Bennett, was a hefty Sunday puzzle rife with just-for-the-hell-of-it wordplay.

— New York Times, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2026
But hell hath no fury like a Latino voter scorned and all this intimidation, in addition to a lack of follow-through on promises by Republican lawmakers since 2024, might have a boomerang effect by agitating Latinos into action.

— Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026

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Unsuspecting Americans look up in shock and horror as a massive inferno erupts and engulfs them.

— James Grebey, Time, 3 Nov. 2026
Real estate developer Rick Caruso, who was defeated by Bass in 2022 and had family members lose homes in the inferno, blasted Bass over her absence and the city’s struggle to combat the blaze.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026

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