inferno
Collocations
4ADJ.
below, fiery, giant, little, scorched, separate
VERB + INFERNO
copy, experiencing
INFERNO + NOUN
ice, way
PREP.
in, in, than, through
Definitions
noun
A place or situation resembling Hell.
At each sudden explosion in the inferno below they sprang back from the brink [of the volcanic crater].
When Jurgis had first inspected the packing plants with Szedvilas, he […] found that each one of these lesser industries was a separate little inferno, in its way as horrible as the killing beds, the source and fountain of them all[, and t]he workers in each of them had their own peculiar diseases.
A large fire; a conflagration.
The inferno ripped through the forest, destroying anything in its path.
Blast after blast, fiery outbreak after fiery outbreak, like a flaming barrage from within,[…]most of Edison's grounds soon became an inferno. As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities.
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6At each sudden explosion in the inferno below they sprang back from the brink [of the volcanic crater].
WiktionaryWhen Jurgis had first inspected the packing plants with Szedvilas, he […] found that each one of these lesser industries was a separate little inferno, in its way as horrible as the killing beds, the
WiktionaryThe inferno ripped through the forest, destroying anything in its path.
WiktionaryIt is impossible to burn a copy of Dante's Inferno because the ice of the ninth layer of hell will put out any fires kindled with earlier pages.
Tatoeba · #697690Fadil looked handsome, but inside, he was an inferno of rage.
Tatoeba · #5879359Australia is experiencing a fiery inferno.
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