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hellfire

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈhɛlˌfaɪə/Part of speech nounSorted eefhillrStarts with HEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a place of eternal fire envisaged as punishment for the damned

Word origin

From Middle English helle fire, helever, from Old English hellefȳr, equivalent to hell + fire. Cognate with West Frisian helfjoer (“hellfire”), Dutch hellevuur (“hellfire”), German Höllenfeuer (“hellfire”).

Used in a sentence

  • The sound of the gang was diminishing into the distance, and the prophet of doom, restored to eloquence, was sending threatful bolts of damnation, hell-fire, and a brimstone gehenna hurtling after them.

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