Hypertext Webster Gateway: "inferno"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Inferno \In*fer"no\, n. [It. See {Infernal}.]
The infernal regions; hell. Also used fig.
At each sudden explosion in the inferno below they
sprang back from the brink [of the volcanic crater].
--D. C.
Worcester.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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}]
2: (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" [syn: {Hell},
{perdition}, {Inferno}, {infernal region}, {nether region},
{the pit}] [ant: {Heaven}]
3: a very intense and uncontrolled fire [syn: {conflagration}]
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