hellhole

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hell·hole

 (hĕl′hōl′)
n.
1. A place of extreme wretchedness or squalor.
2. Obsolete The pit of hell.
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hellhole

(ˈhɛlˌhəʊl)
n
an unpleasant or evil place
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hell•hole

(ˈhɛlˌhoʊl)

n.
a place totally lacking in comfort or cleanliness.
[1350–1400]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.hellhole - any place of pain and turmoilhellhole - any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits";
region, part - the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space"
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Translations

hellhole

[ˈhelhəʊl] Ninfierno m
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"Take a dozen men, Shandy, and search yon hellhole. Bring out to me, alive, Peter of Colfax, and My Lady's cloak and a palfrey--and Shandy, when all is done as I say, you may apply the torch!
One can only imagine the terrible atrocities that happened in these hellholes.
4 on the group's annual "Judicial Hellholes" list, which was released on Tuesday.
That is hardly possible when you have a dysfunctional probation service and jails which have become unruly hellholes.
Jails are supposed to be correctional facilities, not druginfested hellholes that lack sufficient staff to keep order.
It's a path the Nazis began when they jackbooted their way across Europe 70 years ago, vaccinating all children, with diphtheria vaccine, and conducting other medical experiments at concentration camp hellholes. Aside from war casualties, diphtheria had been the leading cause of death and disease.
According to ATRF the following are the top Judicial Hellholes: California; West Virginia; Madison County, Ill.; New York City and Albany, N.Y.; and Baltimore.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny's long-overdue apology to the women who were imprisoned in the hellholes began the healing process.
Constructed of high^strength aluminum alloys, Shoring Shields are ideal for utility maintenance and repair, cable splices, pipeline hellholes, vault placements, trenchless technology pits and light utility installations.
For the ninth year running, the American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) has cataloged these plaintiff-friendly jurisdictions, criticizing them for having "unfair judges, court rules and underlying liability laws." To ATRA, these "Judicial Hellholes" epitomize everything that is wrong with the U.S.
We're well beyond the idea that prisons should be the Victorian hellholes they once were.