[noun] any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits"; Synonyms:hell, hell on earth, hellhole, snake pit, the pits
[noun] a very intense and uncontrolled fire Synonyms:conflagration
[noun] (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment; "Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milton; "a demon from the depths of the pit" Synonyms:Hell, perdition, Inferno, infernal region, nether region, the pit
