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inferno

[ in-fur-noh; Italian een-fer-naw ]

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noun

plural infernos.

hell; the infernal regions.
a place or region that resembles hell:
The ironworks was an inferno of molten steel and half-naked bodies.
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(initial capital letter, italics) the first part of Dante's Divine Comedy, depicting hell and the suffering of the damned. Compare paradise ( def 7 ), purgatory ( def 2 ).

inferno

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noun

the inferno
sometimes capital hell; the infernal region
any place or state resembling hell, esp a conflagration

Inferno

The first section of The Divine Comedy, by Dante . Inferno is the Italian word for “ hell .”

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Notes

By extension, an “inferno” is a hot and terrible place or condition.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of inferno¹

1825–35; < Italian < Late Latin infernus hell, noun use of Latin infernus; infernal

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Word History and Origins

Origin of inferno¹

C19: from Italian, from Late Latin infernus hell

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Edison says it is cooperating with investigators working to determine the cause of the inferno.

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The documentary captures a sheriff’s deputy reminiscing about her car slowing in the middle of an inferno as her tires melted.

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The Times previously reported that in the lead-up to the Jan. 7 inferno, the Santa Ynez Reservoir had been empty for months and more than 1,000 hydrants were in need of repair.

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Videos captured the inferno igniting Jan. 7 under one of Southern California Edison’s transmission towers in Eaton Canyon.

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First it was the fires, which caused tourists to cancel their trips because they thought the inferno had reached the Hollywood sign and other major attractions.

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purgatory

infernal machine inferoanterior

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