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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
inferno/ɪnˈfɜːnəʊ/

▶noun (pl. infernos)

1 a large fire that is dangerously out of control.

2 (Inferno) hell (with reference to Dante's Divine Comedy).

– origin C19: from Ital., from Christian L. infernus (see infernal).

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