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inferno

/ɪnˈfɝnoʊ/ noun C1
  1. A place or situation resembling Hell.
  2. A large fire; a conflagration. · The inferno ripped through the forest, destroying anything in its path.

Plural infernos

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“You hear—Major Bartolomeo Cavalcanti—a man who ranks amongst the most ancient nobility of Italy, whose name Dante has celebrated in the tenth canto of The Inferno, you remember it, do you not?
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 572 · C1

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