inferno

n 1: any place of pain and turmoil: "the hell of battle"; "the

inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone

Christmas is the pits"; [syn: {hell}, {hell on earth}, {the

pits}]

2: (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil;

where sinners suffer eternal punishment: "Hurl'd

headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John

Milton; "a demon from the depths of the pit" [syn: {Hell},

{perdition}, {Inferno}, {infernal region}, {nether region},

{the pit}] [ant: {Heaven}]

3: a very intense and uncontrolled fire [syn: {conflagration}]