tophet
- noun
- /ˈtɒfɪt/
- Archaic
- For many, the war zone was a living tophet filled with fear and destruction.
Examples
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The author described the prison as a tophet where hope seemed impossible.
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The abandoned factory became a tophet after the devastating fire swept through the building.
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The tophet of his memories haunted him constantly.
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In his dreams, he often visited a dark tophet filled with shadows.
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The war-torn city had become a tophet of suffering, where many lost their lives.
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After the natural disaster, the wreckage turned the neighborhood into a tophet of despair.
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In literature, hell is often depicted as a tophet filled with endless torment and suffering.
Synonyms
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3.7
A very painful or difficult experience
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6.8
A place or situation that causes great suffering and pain
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A dark place of destruction where the dead are sent
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9.9
A place of suffering for the dead in religious stories
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Etymology
The word tophet comes from the biblical place name Topheth, a valley that was said to be full of burning and later became a picture of 'hell'. So calling a place a tophet means it is like a terrible place of fire and suffering.