hellfire
/ˈhɛlˌfaɪər/
adjective
- Relating to or characteristic of hellfire; extremely fierce or destructive.
- Her hellfire temper scared everyone in the room.
- They faced a hellfire barrage of enemy missiles.
- The hellfire preacher shouted at the crowd from his pulpit.
noun
- The fire or punishment of hell, often used in religious or figurative contexts to describe severe suffering or damnation.
- The old painting depicted demons tormenting souls in a lake of hellfire.
- The preacher warned that sinners would face eternal hellfire.
- She felt as if she were walking through hellfire during the worst moments of her illness.
- Intense heat or destructive fire, often used hyperbolically.
- The burning building erupted in a blaze of hellfire.
- The desert sun beat down with hellfire intensity.
- He described the volcano's eruption as a rain of hellfire.