Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The fire of hell, considered as punishment for sinners.
Wiktionary
- n. uncountable the fire of Hell
- n. uncountable fire produced by the Devil, or a similar supernatural creature connected to Hell
- n. countable a fire that burns with unusual heat or ferocity
WordNet 3.0
- n. a place of eternal fire envisaged as punishment for the damned
Etymologies
- hell + fire (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The one thing that isn't mentioned by the secular world, as they condemn Christian (but not non-Christian) mention of hellfire: is this --- is hell possible?”
“The Likudniks, Yisrael Beiteinu, Kach and Kahane Chai, and the Christo-Kharijites whose support for Israel is based on the belief that the Jews must own all of the Mandate of Palestine so that Jesus can come back to earth and all Jews, Muslims, and non-fundamentalist Christians will burn in hellfire for not accepting Christianity.”
“That's why I say to you, be careful what you wish for, about me calling hellfire and brimstone down on a church for what you claim is its hypocrisy, since in my theology, you would fall first there.”
“Scaly knuckles against the door, and the snoring victims picked out in hellfire flashes — a single smooth shot, as it were, from the camera mounted on Grendel’s forehead.”
““You’re suggesting that black and latina women aren’t bright enough to comprehend the subtleties of birth control, and therefore frightening them with hellfire is a better way to keep them in line.””
“You’re suggesting that black and latina women aren’t bright enough to comprehend the subtleties of birth control, and therefore frightening them with hellfire is a better way to keep them in line.”
“They rehearse for the big event Code name hellfire by causing plane and train crashes and chemical plant explosions.”
“Melted shoes pave the way to a town called hellfire”
“The difference between Shahzad's life and that of an average American like me is that his birth country Pakistan, the place where his family resides, has been continually attacked by US-made "hellfire" missiles since 2004.”
The Huffington Post: Patricia DeGennaro: Bombers and Boomers: Everyone's Angry at the US Government
“He could shoot "hellfire," hop across dimensions, and he could magic himself up a nifty-ass flaming chariot pulled by devil horses.”
Steve Gerber, the Son of Satan, and Evil | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘hellfire’.
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macabre
words associated with the macabre & horror.
( open list, randomness )
more:
http://www.wordnik.co...ghastly, grisly, culeus, silly, gruesome, horrid, morbid, angelic, shocking, hideous, ghoulish, frightful and 136 more...
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Steampunk
Words used quite often in steampunk
ansible, airship, chymical, valve, clockwork, dirigible, thaumaturgy, copper, bronze, difference engine, gear, rivets and 516 more...
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Fire
Words describing or related to fire.
burn, blaze, brand, sizzle, scorch, char, crisp, crackle, kindle, flame, inferno, pyre and 27 more...
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Amalgamations
Words that have been smashed together.
keystone, touchstone, footprint, thunderhead, seesaw, textbook, leftovers, watchword, afterbirth, fieldwork, outcast, statesman and 148 more...
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geekwad's Words
mysterium, elif, reckon, shadowy, ostensibly, unique, foodie, surreptitiously, asynchronous, insane, berserk, space pirate and 235 more...
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Words that kick serious ass
juggernaut, haymaker, gung-ho, frag, smite, blunderbuss, gargantuan, ragnarok, ripsnorter, herculean, silverback, firebrand and 127 more...
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friendly discourse
say scuba.
sorry, devastation, mess of fail, i don't know, tragedy, judgment, hellfire, dab, love and hobbits, ridiculous, onigiri, baking and 20 more...
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