fiery pit
Burning underground chasm
A fiery pit is a burning hole or chasm, most often invoked as a vision of hell: sinners cast into the fiery pit.
The phrase appears in religious contexts and dramatic warnings about damnation.
Figuratively, any dire or inescapable situation: The company was heading straight for the fiery pit.
- hellUnderworld of suffering
- gates of hellEntrance to damnation
- infernoDevastating, uncontrollable blaze
- brimstoneArchaic word for sulfur
- abyssImmeasurably profound depth
flames · burning · damnation · eternal damnation · underworld · crater · lava · molten · scorching · sulfur · demons · torment · chasm · blazing · volcano · depths · hellfire · furnace
fiery pitparadise
Ideal, blissful place
heaven · eternal bliss · pearly gates · kingdom of heaven · Garden of Eden
fiery pitoasis
Fertile desert spot
frozen wasteland · icy waters · calm waters · glacier · ocean depths
fiery pitsanctuary
Protected sacred space
safe haven · refuge · oasis · comfort zone
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