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  1. noun [ C ] uk / ɪnˈfɜː.nəʊ / us / ɪnˈfɝː.noʊ / plural infernos. Add to word list. a very large uncontrolled fire: a raging inferno. The building was an inferno by the time the fire service arrived. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Fire & flame. beacon. blaze. bonfire. brand. brush fire. bushfire. conflagration. dumpster fire. fireball.

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  3. noun [ C ] us / ɪnˈfɝː.noʊ / uk / ɪnˈfɜː.nəʊ / plural infernos. Add to word list. a very large uncontrolled fire: a raging inferno. The building was an inferno by the time the fire department arrived. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Fire & flame. beacon. blaze. bonfire. brand. brush fire. bushfire. conflagration. dumpster fire.

  4. noun. /ɪnˈfɜːnəʊ/ /ɪnˈfɜːrnəʊ/ [usually singular] (plural infernos) a very large dangerous fire that is out of control. a blazing/raging inferno. The flames quickly turned the house into a raging inferno. Three men managed to escape from the inferno. Word Origin. Take your English to the next level.

  5. An inferno is a huge fire that's difficult to control, like an inferno that burns down a whole city block. Inferno also can describe any horrible place where people suffer.

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  7. inferno in American English. (ɪnˈfɜrnoʊ ) noun Word forms: plural inˈfernos. 1. hell or any place suggesting hell, usually characterized by great heat or flames. 2. [I-] that section of Dante's Divine Comedy which describes hell and the sufferings of the damned.

  8. in·fer·no. (ĭn-fûr′nō) n. pl. in·fer·nos. 1. A place or condition suggestive of hell, especially with respect to human suffering or death: the inferno of battle. 2. A place of fiery heat or destruction. [Italian, hell, from Late Latin īnfernus; see infernal .]

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