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inferno
[in-fur-noh, een-fer-naw]
noun
plural
infernoshell; the infernal regions.
a place or region that resembles hell.
The ironworks was an inferno of molten steel and half-naked bodies.
Synonyms: , ,(initial capital letter, italics)the first part of Dante's Divine Comedy, depicting hell and the suffering of the damned.
inferno
/ ɪˈɜːəʊ /
noun
(sometimes capital) hell; the infernal region
any place or state resembling hell, esp a conflagration
Inferno
The first section of The Divine Comedy, by Dante. Inferno is the Italian word for “hell.”
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of inferno1
Example Sentences
But Israel has also widened the scope of its strikes to hit economic targets, turning vital parts of Iran’s fossil fuel infrastructure into infernos.
After twenty minutes, the house was engulfed in an inferno before the frame gave way, collapsing into a smoking heap of charred debris.
But Walker’s shop was reduced to rubble, the merchandise incinerated by the inferno.
The company says the reenergization of an idle transmission line is now a leading theory of what sparked the inferno.
Four months after an inferno ripped through Altadena, a time capsule of rubble and the shells of gutted shops and restaurants still line the business district of North Lake Avenue.
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