Definition of Inferno

• any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when youre alone Christmas is the pits";
• a very intense and uncontrolled fire
• (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment; "Hurld headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milton; "a demon from the depths of the pit"