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Meaning of inferno

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  inferno
      n 1: any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the
           inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas
           is the pits"; [syn: {hell}, {hell on earth}, {hellhole},
           {snake pit}, {the pits}, {inferno}]
      2: a very intense and uncontrolled fire [syn: {conflagration},
         {inferno}]
      3: (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil;
         where sinners suffer eternal punishment; "Hurl'd
         headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John
         Milton; "a demon from the depths of the pit"; "Hell is paved
         with good intentions"-Dr. Johnson [syn: {Hell}, {perdition},
         {Inferno}, {infernal region}, {nether region}, {pit}] [ant:
         {Heaven}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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