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hellhole

[hel-hohl]

noun

  1. a place totally lacking in comfort, cleanliness, order, etc.

  2. a place or establishment noted for its illegal or immoral practices.



hellhole

/ ˈɛˌəʊ /

noun

  1. an unpleasant or evil place

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of hellhole1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; hell, hole
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Even the cruelest policies, such as Trump’s illegal renditions of immigrants to hellhole prisons in other countries without due process guaranteed to all by the Constitution, evoke little protest.

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“I couldn’t sleep knowing that animals were just in those hellholes suffering,” said Dains, who now works at a shelter system in Sacramento.

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None of those men received any sort of due process before being shipped off to a Salvadoran hellhole.

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One can only imagine what's happening to them in that dystopian hellhole of a prison.

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They get that the battle over reproductive rights stands in for the whole constellation of matters that will determine whether the U.S. remains free and prosperous, or whether it devolves into an authoritarian hellhole.

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