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Definition of hellfire noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

hellfire

noun

/ˈhelfaɪə(r)/

/ˈhelfaɪər/

[uncountable]

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the fires that are believed by some religious people to burn in hell, where bad people go to be punished after they die
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Hellfire is used before these nouns:
preacher
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