Gomorrah
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9.9
- proper noun
- Literature
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Gomorra
- Like Sodom and Gomorrah, there are streets which have been all but wiped off the face of the earth.
- Sodom and Gomorrah
It's going down and it's like Sodom and Gomorrah going down.
- It's going down and it's like Sodom and Gomorrah going down.
- I don't know, Sodom and Gomorrah on the Potomac by Nick Bryant, it'll be a good one.
- And if I said I was just in New York City, they'd be like, oh, oh, the near city and the Sodom and Gomorrah.
Examples
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Remember what happened in Sodom and Gomorrah.
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It's going down and it's like Sodom and Gomorrah going down.
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And that, most likely, was as good and as bad as it got in Gomorrah.
Fiction book (1997) -
Also, this video makes me think of what Sodom and Gomorrah must have been like.
Blog text (30) -
- You make our city sound like Sodom and Gomorrah.
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Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah with brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven.
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God chastised the people of Babel for their pride and destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah because of the people's wickedness.
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The ancient city of Gomorrah was destroyed by fire and brimstone because of its residents' wickedness.
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According to the Bible, Gomorrah was one of the cities punished for its immorality.
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In religious texts, Gomorrah is often mentioned alongside Sodom as a symbol of divine wrath.
Synonyms
A city in the Bible that God destroyed because its people did very bad things
Compounds
- Literature
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8.2
A name people use for a place or situation known for great evil and bad behaviour
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gomorrah comes from the Bible name of an ancient city near the Dead Sea that was destroyed because of its 'wickedness'. Because of that famous story, Gomorrah is now used to mean a place of great 'sin' or moral 'decay'.