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TARTARUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tartarus mean? 

TARTARUS (noun)
  The noun TARTARUS has 1 sense:

1. a place where the wicked are punished after deathplay

  Familiarity information: TARTARUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TARTARUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A place where the wicked are punished after death

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

Gehenna; Tartarus

Hypernyms ("Tartarus" is a kind of...):

Hell; infernal region; Inferno; nether region; perdition; pit ((Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment)

Derivation:

Tartarean (of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus)


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