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How to pronounce hell in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms infernal region, inferno, nether region, perdition, pit
Type of mythical place, fictitious place, imaginary place
Has types tartarus, gehenna, hellfire, red region
Type Words
Synonyms hades, infernal region, netherworld, scheol, underworld
Type of imaginary place, mythical place, fictitious place
Type Words
Synonyms blaze
Type of deviltry, devilment, shenanigan, mischief, mischief-making, mischievousness, roguishness, roguery, devilry, rascality
Type Words
Synonyms hell on earth, hellhole, inferno, snake pit, the pits
Type of part, region


the hell of battle.
Type Words
Synonyms blaze
Type of trouble


war is hell.

Examples of hell

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Hell no to cooperation with them and do EVERYTHING to ensure their loss in 2012.
From the washingtontimes.com
Hell, it's a major accomplishment anymore if I hit my mouth when I take a drink.
From the sacbee.com
Virtually all evangelical churchgoers said they believe in both heaven and hell.
From the courier-journal.com
From the standpoint of Asian air travelers, it is a marriage of heaven and hell.
From the forbes.com
If you're going 540 miles per hour, who the hell cares what's back there, right?
From the kansas.com
I remember Harry Truman used to say, sometimes they talk about giving them hell.
From the sfgate.com
These awesome killing machines have been designed to produce one hell of a bang.
From the time.com
Hell, let the primates claim a big slice of a major continent of their choosing.
From the forbes.com
Sometimes he doesn't believe God will send him to hell for leaving his old life.
From the stltoday.com
More examples
  • Any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits";
  • A cause of difficulty and suffering; "war is hell"; "go to blazes"
  • (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"; "Hell is paved with good intentions"-Dr. Johnson
  • (religion) the world of the dead; "No one goes to Hades with all his immense wealth"-Theognis
  • Sin: violent and excited activity; "they began to fight like sin"
  • Noisy and unrestrained mischief; "raising blazes"
  • In many religious traditions, Hell is a place of suffering and punishment in the afterlife. Religions with a linear divine history often depict Hell as endless. Religions with a cyclic history often depict Hell as an intermediary period between incarnations. ...
  • L'Enfer ("Hell") is a 1994 French film directed by Claude Chabrol. It was adapted by Chabrol from the screenplay by Henri-Georges Clouzot for the unfinished film L'Enfer, which Clouzot began shooting in 1964 but was unable to complete. ...
  • Hell is a double album by soul artist James Brown. It was released as a double-LP in 1974.