Tartarus

noun

Definition of Tartarusnext
as in underworld

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  1. underworld
  2. netherworld
  3. inferno
  4. purgatory
Noun
  • Advertisement According to a report released over the weekend by Taiwan’s National Security Bureau, Chinese agents have sought to use the Taiwanese underworld to channel funds to those with information to sell.
    Christopher Bodeen, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
  • This underworld of extremes has given us some of the most impressive creatures ever discovered—some hauntingly beautiful, others delightfully bizarre.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 30 Dec. 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
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  • The inferno has scorched dozens of square miles, and maps from CBS News show how its size compares to those of major U.S. cities.
    Alex Sundby, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Firefighters are facing fierce hurricane-force winds while desperately trying to contain the inferno.
    David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of inferno
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  • Too often stuck in football purgatory, the Steelers appear again to be good enough to keep Tomlin’s non-losing season streak alive, but not good enough to make noise in the playoffs.
    Jeff Zrebiec, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
  • If everyone is in purgatory, how can Heather come and go?
    Claire Franken, TVLine, 29 Dec. 2024
Definition of purgatory
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