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Noun: inferno  in'fur-now
  1. A very intense and uncontrolled fire
    "The inferno spread rapidly, engulfing several buildings";
    - conflagration
     
  2. Any place of pain and turmoil
    "the inferno of the engine room";
    - hell, hell on earth, hellhole, snake pit, the pits
Noun: Inferno
  1. (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment
    - Hell, perdition, infernal region, nether region, pit

Derived forms: infernos

Type of: fictitious place, fire, imaginary place, mythical place, part, region

Encyclopedia: Inferno