Tophet

noun

ˈtō-fət How to pronounce Tophet (audio)
Definition of Tophetnext
as in hell
the place of punishment for the wicked after death a vision in which the souls of the damned plunged into Tophet like rocks falling down a mountainside

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  1. hell
  2. inferno
  3. Gehenna
  4. perdition
Noun
  • University email reply-all hell is one of many high jinks that form this bubbly little British rom-com.
    — Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
  • An episode of septicemia, with its hells and paradises, its nightmares and hallucinations, transforms Borges into a story writer.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of hell
Noun
  • Gunshots followed by an inferno Police responded to the home on Sunday evening and heard gunshots coming from out back, just before the house was completely engulfed in flames.
    — Matthew Brown, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Hiding underneath a desk in a classroom was an 8-foot python, which fire officials say started the inferno.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of inferno
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  • In Memoriam looks at these vampires and how they’ve been thrust into the limelight due to the Gehenna War.
    — Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
  • The ball arcs toward Gehenna, and Kemp’s hyper narrator Naruto-runs off the page, trying kawaiily to get under it.
    — Alexandra Tanner, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
Definition of Gehenna
Noun
  • Under cover of awkward teen dancing, the pair slipped into the library, riffled through the card catalog, and discovered, in addition to Soul on Ice, eight other volumes in PONY-U perdition.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 June 2026
  • Sloth, after all, is a deadly sin, and it was often seen as the first step on the slippery slope to perdition.
    — JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2025
Definition of perdition
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“Tophet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Tophet. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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