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Noun inferno has 3 senses
- hell, hell on earth, hellhole, snake pit, the pits, inferno - any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits";
--1 is a kind of region, part
- conflagration, inferno - a very intense and uncontrolled fire
--2 is a kind of fire
--2 has particulars: wildfire
- Hell, perdition, Inferno, infernal region, nether region, the pit - (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"
--3 is a kind of imaginary place, mythical place
--3 has particulars: Gehenna, Tartarus; hellfire, red region
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