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пъ́къл — meaning in English

pakal

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English meaning

  • Abaddon name In the Bible, the angel or personification of destruction who rules over the bottomless pit; by extension, the pit itself.
  • brimstone noun An old-fashioned name for sulfur, especially as used in religious writing to describe the fire and punishment of hell.
  • hell noun In many religions, the place of punishment for the wicked after death.
  • inferno noun A huge, raging fire.

Senses

пъ́къл is used for these senses in English:

  • Abaddon (poetic) Hell; the bottomless pit; a place of destruction. [Late 17th century.]
  • brimstone (biblical) The sulfur of hell; hell, damnation.
  • hell (countable, hyperbole, figuratively) A place or situation of great suffering in life.
  • hell (in many religions, uncountable) A place of torment where some or all sinners are believed to go after death and evil spirits are believed to be.
  • inferno A place or situation resembling Hell.

brimstone — full definition

  1. noun An old-fashioned name for sulfur, especially as used in religious writing to describe the fire and punishment of hell.
  2. noun A pale yellow butterfly common in Europe.

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