Inferno - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ɪnˈfɜːrnəʊ|
Brit.
|ɪnˈfɜːnəʊ|
noun
- any place of pain and turmoil (syn: hell)
- (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment (syn: hell, perdition, pit)
the inferno of the engine room
- a very intense and uncontrolled fire (syn: conflagration)- (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment (syn: hell, perdition, pit)
Extra examples
By the time help arrived, the fire had grown to a raging inferno.
...the intense heat of the raging inferno repeatedly drove back the firefighters...
Within minutes the house had become a raging inferno.
She was desperately trying to calm the inferno raging within her.
...the raging inferno didn't daunt the firefighters for a moment...
The fire quickly turned into a raging inferno.
The class discussed Dante's 'Inferno'
Word forms
noun
singular: inferno
plural: infernos
singular: inferno
plural: infernos
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