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
Or did Christ die only for us, leaving any other creatures to a kind of limbo or perdition?
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Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 27 June 2024
Although Adolf Hitler met his road to perdition, Joseph Stalin survived and extended his despotism.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 14 Mar. 2024
But the barrier between life and death is no less permeable than those between childhood and adulthood, or dreams and reality, or a world of perdition and a hidden paradise.
—Maya Phillips, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2023
Images: Bloomberg News/AFP/Getty Images Composite: Mark Kelly The latest mile marker on New York City’s road to urban perdition is a PSA from the health commissioner.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2023
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Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 27 June 2024
Although Adolf Hitler met his road to perdition, Joseph Stalin survived and extended his despotism.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 14 Mar. 2024
But the barrier between life and death is no less permeable than those between childhood and adulthood, or dreams and reality, or a world of perdition and a hidden paradise.
—Maya Phillips, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2023
Images: Bloomberg News/AFP/Getty Images Composite: Mark Kelly The latest mile marker on New York City’s road to urban perdition is a PSA from the health commissioner.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perdition
Noun
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It’s said that during the festival, the gates of hell open and ghosts visit earth.—
Gabino Iglesias,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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According to the team, the existence of a hell ant in Brazil shows that the insects were already widely distributed around the world and diversified sometime early in their evolution.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
24 Apr. 2025
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The documentary captures a sheriff’s deputy reminiscing about her car slowing in the middle of an inferno as her tires melted.—
Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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In between those stretches, Minnesota was a blazing inferno, hitting 20 of 35 attempts from beyond the arc to blitz the Lakers in Game 1.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
20 Apr. 2025
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“Perdition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perdition. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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