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Recent Examples of hellfire
Meanwhile, Cory is catching some hellfire of his own thanks to a different member of Celine’s family: her husband Miles.
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Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2025
But, unbeknownst to them, the maid of honor (Wilson) is actually a secret agent ready to rain hellfire upon anyone who would dare ruin her best friend's wedding.
—EW.com, 19 June 2025
Under an especially beautiful carbon fiber fairing lurks an inline four engine punching out over 230 hp (169 kW) of electronically refined hellfire.
—Joe Salas
may 25, New Atlas, 25 May 2025
Frequently, the kill shot that ends an attempt comes from a hellfire blast that could be plainly seen coming but slipped in between the lines between one parry and another.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2025
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Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2025
But, unbeknownst to them, the maid of honor (Wilson) is actually a secret agent ready to rain hellfire upon anyone who would dare ruin her best friend's wedding.
—EW.com, 19 June 2025
Under an especially beautiful carbon fiber fairing lurks an inline four engine punching out over 230 hp (169 kW) of electronically refined hellfire.
—Joe Salas
may 25, New Atlas, 25 May 2025
Frequently, the kill shot that ends an attempt comes from a hellfire blast that could be plainly seen coming but slipped in between the lines between one parry and another.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hellfire
Noun
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Nick Hensley, our gas man, did a fantastic job getting us in position out of pit road.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Feb. 2026
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There are a few thoughtful features built into this fire pit.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Darnold, still just 28, is back from the abyss and ascending.—
Jerry Brewer,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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An existentialist peers into the abyss and feels a shiver of possibility, the freedom to be anything.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Sloth, after all, is a deadly sin, and it was often seen as the first step on the slippery slope to perdition.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
31 Oct. 2025
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California policymakers continue to make laws and allow regulators to contrive rules that make California a land of perdition rather than destination for enterprise because they have been captured by left-of-center interests.—
Kerry Jackson,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Trump decided to preach fire and brimstone at the normally bipartisan and staid National Prayer Breakfast — rivaling his performance at Davos recently.—
Rob Crilly,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Feb. 2026
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The fire and brimstone nature of both fixtures, played in potentially imposing and intimidating stadiums, carries the risk of heightening the level of a player’s tension, in turn hindering their concentration or ability to follow a plan.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Having earned degrees in political science and history at Ohio’s Miami University, Nixon was arguably over-qualified to be a roots-rocking, hell-raising provocateur who somehow was embraced by MTV for several years and went on to become the host of several shows on Sirius XM Radio.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Feb. 2026
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It is said that during Ramadan, the gates of heaven are opened and the gates of hell are closed.—
Lianna Norman,
Florida Times-Union,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Hellfire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hellfire. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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