Tartarus

noun

Definition of Tartarusnext
as in underworld

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  1. underworld
  2. netherworld
  3. inferno
  4. purgatory
Noun
  • With no money, no allies, and nowhere to turn, Gloria is forced to flee and enter the dangerous underworld of money laundering.
    Veronica Villafañe, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • While not much is known about the film’s genre or plot, it’s said to follow a journalist who takes on an underworld of crime and changes television forever.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2024
Definition of underworld
Noun
  • Below that is the Futures tour, tennis’s vast netherworld of more than 2,000 true prospects and hopeless dreamers.
    Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 8 July 2024
  • Tells Real-Life Tales of the Country's Most Notorious Motorcycle Gang 'Dune: Part Two' Is Bigger, Bolder — and Yes, Even Better — Than Part One Lyons’ book also utilized a long, taped conversation with Kathy Bauer, the real-life Benny’s wife, as a dispatch from this dirty-fingernail netherworld.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2024
Definition of netherworld
Noun
  • Without cellular service or WiFi, Perry said his family relied on the emergency notifications to prepare and get themselves out of their home — just a canyon over from the growing inferno.
    Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The inferno — dubbed the Jennings Creek Wildfire by the New Jersey Forest Fire Service — had grown to 3,500 acres and was 20% contained Tuesday morning.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of inferno
Noun
  • The 27-year-old is stuck in substitution purgatory, waiting and watching Villa achieve new heights.
    Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 13 Dec. 2024
  • This culinary style, so deeply rooted in the history of our city, had been relegated to a kind of purgatory.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of purgatory
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