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  • noun

Synonyms for hellhole

any place of pain and turmoil

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It's a bit of a hellhole. I don't know what this gaff is, but I've just done an interview and all I can smell is urine."

As he was taken away by dock security officers, he shouted: "You're sending me to a hellhole full of spies and drug addicts.

He described him as a truly remarkable and fascinating man, telling the Radio Times that the soldiers were badly equipped: "They went to a hellhole with 50 rounds each and no radio, that's why they were killed," he said, explaining that the title of the drama refers not only to Reg Keys but to the Queen (shortened from the Latin "Regina").

Kahrizak is best known among Tehranis as the district that hosts Kahrizak prison, a dismal hellhole where three young protesters arrested in the 2009 post-election disorders were beaten to death.

The Left's Plan to Turn Our Country into a Third World Hellhole. A signing followed and was among initial stops on a tour for the just-released title, debuting at #2 on the New York Times bestseller list.

AMIDLAND oil worker who has spent seven months in a hellhole Bangkok prison has told his family he wants to kill himself.

Max Kilgore used to be a good kid, or at least that is what Damicos Hellhole tells readers.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Pakistani officials are furious with Showtime after watching the fourth season of its hit show "Homeland," which they say portrays their country as an ugly, ignorant, terror-plagued hellhole, according to New York Post.

They claim the show depicts their country as a terrorist-friendly "hellhole" and have complained directly to producers of the Emmy-winning drama.

It may only take a handful of judges who wander from the legal beam to create a Judicial Hellhole.

The new hotel offers 96 rooms and 12 suites, a pool deck with infinity pool, and event centre plus views of Palomar Mountain and Hellhole Canyon Preserve.

At the time, this Alabama city had a reputation as a "judicial hellhole" for defendants--notorious for large plaintiffs' awards and rough treatment of defense attorneys.

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