pit
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9.9
- noun
- /pɪt/
- Archaic
:
infierno
- The preacher spoke of the horrors of eternal suffering in the pit that awaited sinners.
These saint-laurent shoes are from the pit of hell.
- These saint-laurent shoes are from the pit of hell.
- Have lots of money, materialistic things and be in the pits of hell, the absolute pits.
- Welcome home son, said the Prince of the Pit.
- But to think all of those other people were cast into a pit of hell for all eternity.
- And pretty much I ended the last episode somewhat in the pits of hell.
- Zelazny shows us the stark stage beneath the puppetry of Shadow and takes us to the Pit of Chaos.
- She doesn't believe that the Prince of the pit sent reapers when like the under king owns the reapers, right?
Examples
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Clients liked doing business in the light, not in the pit of hell.
Fiction book (2002) -
There was hell, a pit of eternally burning fire, for the vast majority.
Academic text (1997) -
Back from the pit of hell to fight at your side.
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But to think all of those other people were cast into a pit of hell for all eternity.
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Anxiety crawled out of the pit of my stomach and closed around my heart.
Fiction book (1998) -
I feel that longing now, in the pit of my stomach, like hunger.
Fiction book (1996) -
I am sure that Dickens was as relieved as I was to escape that pit of cutthroats.
Fiction book (1990) -
Zelazny shows us the stark stage beneath the puppetry of Shadow and takes us to the Pit of Chaos.
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It had been a pit of corpses and dead bones, and he'd struggled for years to get up from it.
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Back past the Pit of Hell: parking lot packed, lights still blazing, money-making machine merrily still churning away.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
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A religious idea of a place after death where people who do wrong suffer forever
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8.8
A place of punishment after death for very bad people in Christian belief
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9.9
A state of never ending suffering after death, like hell
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9.9
A place of suffering for the dead in religious stories
A place of fire and suffering where bad people are punished after death
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
A strong, muscular dog breed from the United States with a short coat and high energy
- Specialized
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8.6
A shelter dug partly into the ground with a roof to live in or keep animals
- Specialized
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9.9
A metal sphere with plutonium that starts a nuclear explosion when squeezed by explosives
- Specialized
A loose mix of small stones and sand taken from a gravel pit and used as is
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pit used for Hell comes from the image of a deep 'hole' or abyss where danger and evil are thrown, so calling Hell 'the pit' suggests a place of punishment and darkness.