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
And there’s nothing to do but flee as though escaping perdition or howl as though hunting salvation.
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Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 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
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Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for perdition
Noun
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After Cas pulls Dean out of hell, fans (and Collins himself) shipped the two (#Destiel) devotedly, and the show’s writers would occasionally throw some queerbaiting bones their way.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2026
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Middle school is hell on earth.—
Alex Morris,
Rolling Stone,
18 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Times investigations uncovered the alert failure in January of last year, and later found that almost no fire trucks were in that side of the community as the inferno raged through.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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The inferno was filmed, photographed and broadcasted around the world in a media frenzy that sealed the airship industry’s future.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
18 Feb. 2026
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“Perdition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perdition. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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