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    [Noun]  | "hell" | \ ˈhel \


    1: a nether world in which the dead continue to exist : hades

    2: the nether realm of the devil and the demons in which condemned people suffer everlasting punishment —often used in curses or as a generalized term of abuse

    3: error, sin


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English helle, going back to Old English hell, helle, going back to Germanic *haljō (whence also Old Saxon hellia "abode of the dead," Old High German hella, hellia, Old Norse hel "abode of the dead, the death goddess," Gothic halja, translating Greek Háidēs), perhaps from an o-grade nominal derivative of the Germanic verbal base *hel- "cover, hide" {mat|conceal|};

      * Note : The connection with *hel- "conceal" is traditional in the etymological literature, though given that the literal meaning of *haljō, the mythological abode of the dead, is unknown, it must be regarded as speculative.;

    [Noun]  | "hell-rais*er" | \ ˈhel-ˌrā-zər \


    1: one given to wild, boisterous, or intemperate behavior


    Origin: 1882 ;

    [Biographical name]  | "Hell" | \ ˈhel \


    1: Stefan (Walter) 1962— German (Romanian-born) chemist

    [Adjective]  | "hell-bent" | \ ˈhel-ˌbent \


    1: stubbornly and often recklessly determined or intent


    Origin: 1731 ;

    [Adjective]  | "hell-for-leather" 


    1: marked by determined recklessness, great speed, or lack of restraint


    Origin: 1920 ;

    [Adverb]  | "hell-for-leath*er" | \ ˈhel-fər-ˈle-ṯẖər \


    1: in a hell-for-leather manner : at full speed


    Origin: 1889 ;

    [Geographical name]  | "Hell Gate" 


    1: a narrow part of the East River in New York City between Long Island and Manhattan Island

    [Idiom]  | "hell of a" 


    1: —used to make a statement more forceful

    2: very good

    3: very bad or difficult

    [Idiom]  | "all hell breaks loose" 


    1: —used to describe what happens when violent, destructive, and confused activity suddenly begins

    [Idiom]  | "as hell" 


    1: —used to make a statement more forceful

    [Noun]  | "hell" 


    1: the place of punishment for the wicked after death;


      * e.g., " ... condemned to hell for their sins "





    2: a situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness;


      * e.g., " ... picking cotton under the hot summer sun was hell "





    3: a state in which everything is out of order;


      * e.g., " ... all hell broke loose when the jury's verdict was announced "





    [Adjective]  | "hell-bent (on or upon)" 


    1: fully committed to achieving a goal;


      * e.g., " ... she's hell-bent on a career in show business and heaven help anyone who gets in her way "





    [Adjective]  | "hell-for-leather" 


    1: having or showing a lack of concern for the consequences of one's actions;


      * e.g., " ... having been behind for most of the race, the stock car driver made a hell-for-leather dash to the finish "





    [Adjective]  | "hell-raising" 


    1: being rough or noisy in a high-spirited way;


      * e.g., " ... would often reminisce with his buddies about their hell-raising adventures as teenagers "





    [Adverb]  | "hell-for-leather" 


    1: with great speed;


      * e.g., " ... we ran hell-for-leather out of that spooky house "





    [Phrase]  | "raise Cain" 


    1: to behave badly;


      * e.g., " ... Area teens were caught raising Cain in the park after dark. "



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    [Phrase]  | "raised Cain" 


    1: to behave badly;


      * e.g., " ... Area teens were caught raising Cain in the park after dark. "



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    [Phrase]  | "raises Cain" 


    1: to behave badly;


      * e.g., " ... Area teens were caught raising Cain in the park after dark. "



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    [Phrase]  | "raising Cain" 


    1: to behave badly;


      * e.g., " ... Area teens were caught raising Cain in the park after dark. "



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     [ "hell" ]

    1: Where we are dining tonight.

      * e.g.,  ... Guy: "Hey guys, I forgot where we're dining tonight!" 

     [ "hell" ]

    1: A computer equipped with Windows 95 and missing the Ctrl+Alt+Delete keys.

      * e.g.,  ... "NOOOO!!! THE BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH!! Ctrl Alt Delete!! Ctrl Alt Delete!! DAMN!! THE BUTTONS ARE GONE!!! NOOOOOO! 7|-|15 15 |\|07 L337!!!1" 

     [ "hell" ]

    1: Hell is a word that originated from a Viking religion. The Teutonic Goddess of the Dead and the underworld was named Hel, she was the daughter of Loki. Another “L” was added to her name, and for reasons unknown “Hell” came to be a word that would substitute several different ideas and places in the bible. Hell should not be in the bible at all. Hell means whatever word the translator put Hell in place of in the manuscript they were rendering. Originally it substituted Hades and Sheol, which is fine because they both mean the same thing, (the grave) only in two different languages. But Hell came to take on meanings derived from Greek mythology and other pagan ideas. Hell began to substitute other places that were completely different than Sheol and Hades, like Gehenna and Tartarus. But the definition of the word hell in most cultures is “to cover” or “to conceal.” (Which goes along with Sheol and Hades.) Hell and Hellfire are deceptive words. When hell is used to indicate fire in the bible it is referring to Gehenna, a place of destruction, not a common grave of mankind, which Hades and Sheol both mean. The Old English dialect spoke of “helling” potatoes. This did not mean to roast them in fire, but meant to put them in the ground. Hell cannot be Gehenna, “the unquenchable fire” if it is also Hades, because “the Lake of Fire” is the same place that Jesus described as Gehenna, and Hades is going to be thrown into “the lake of fire” upon the second death. So most bibles indicate that “the Lake of Fire” is going to be thrown into “the Lake of Fire!” Revelation 20:14 Destruction into destruction? That doesn’t make any sense. The point of that scripture is that death and all that is bad, even the place of the dead, are going to be destroyed. So you can see the common inaccuracy and inconsistencies of the usage of Hell in the bible. How can you rightly substitute four different words that have different meanings with one word, unless you intend on misleading people to believe that these four different places are the same place?

      * e.g.,  ... And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: (note: for “hell” - original literature read “Gehenna”) And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. (note: for "hell" original literature read "Hades") For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; 

     [ "hell" ]

    1: The thing you never mention at a funeral

      * e.g.,  ... Priest. Er, yes she wasnt a christian i suppose, but she tried her best, i mean who believes in all that stuff anyway. 

     [ "hell" ]

    1: Sartre says "hell is other people" what he neglected to notice is that the lowest level of hell is working for other people.

      * e.g.,  ... Hell is working for a wanker 

     [ "hell" ]

    1: Town in Minnesota, Maine, Michigan, Norway and a bunch of other places where no civilized life exists.

      * e.g.,  ... "Go to hell!" 

     [ "hell" ]

    1: the place were all the lawyers and country music stars go

      * e.g.,  ... were all going to hell and m driving the bus 

     [ "hell" ]

    1: A little village in michigan. It has a bar called the "dam site inn", an ice cream store, and a little store with stickers, shirts, and other stuff that says "go to hell, michigan". The village hosted the 666 bash on june 6, 200 It was pretty cool. Look it up.

      * e.g.,  ... At the 666 party that place was crazy as hell. 

     [ "hell" ]

    1: The place where the bad people go when they die.It is also used in insults to substitute fuck.The word has a less vulgar form (heck).When you say "What the hell",it does not have that insulting effect like "what the fuck.Can be abbreviated as wth.

      * e.g.,  ... Alex:I'm Chelsea fan! 

     [ "hell" ]

    1: The life we are living now.

      * e.g.,  ... Seriously, with over thousands of ways to die and suffer on Earth you shouldn't be surprised. At least in Hell you know you're dead so you can be as carefree as you want. 

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