Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The fire of hell, considered as punishment for sinners.
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- noun uncountable the
fire ofHell - noun uncountable fire produced by the
Devil , or a similar supernatural creature connected to Hell - noun countable a fire that burns with unusual heat or ferocity
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a place of eternal fire envisaged as punishment for the damned
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Examples
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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.
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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?
Vanish by Tom Pawlik: a Hellfire Comparison nissa_amas_katoj 2009
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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“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.”
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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.
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