Definition of "inferno" []

• A place or condition suggestive of hell, especially with respect to human suffering or death: the inferno of battle. (noun)
• A place of fiery heat or destruction. (noun)

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• "No one told the workers on the 9th floor, who were trapped behind locked doors in what can only be described as an inferno."
• "You could see one of the worst qualities of life on the planet, but in this inferno was an enterprising population that worked like ants."
• "They say the inferno was a mass suicide orchestrated by Koresh, who had predicted an attack and told followers to be ready to die for him in a fire that would take them all to heaven."