Meaning & use
Inferno
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A large, uncontrollable fire, or a place or state resembling hell in its intensity of heat or chaos.
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Firefighters battled the inferno for hours before bringing it under control.
The stadium became an inferno of noise and flashing lights during the final minutes of the match.
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Derived from the Italian word for 'hell,' popularized in English by Dante's 'Inferno,' the first part of the Divine Comedy.
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