hades

IPA: hˈeɪdiz

Root Word: Hades

noun

  • (Greek mythology) The god of the underworld and ruler of the dead, son of Cronus and Rhea, brother of Zeus and Poseidon.
  • (Greek mythology) The underworld, the domain of Hades, by transference from its god.
  • In the Septuagint Bible, the Greek translation of Sheol.
  • Hell.
  • (specifically, chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy) Hell as a waiting place for damned souls before the Last Judgement, after which they may be cast in Gehenna.
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Examples of "hades" in Sentences

  • Obama doesn't have a chance in hades of being elected.
  • What the hades is this, America is responsible for Africa?
  • The computer will no way in hades surpass a human in 2013.
  • They're smart enough to know no way in hades will they be re-elected.
  • "Mr. Succession" Perry has no chance in hades to extend his reign of incompetence.
  • “The computer will no way in hades surpass a human in 2013.” in raw Data crunched per second …. please read and comprehend.
  • If the decent of this community fail to chase them to their holes and feed their viscera to the dogs, then I'd rather be dead and in hades forever than alive in Waco a single day.
  • Second - they are so afraid of loosing the funding from health and drug companies they are messing themselves. this only goes to show that they don't give a hoot in hades about the poor and middle class.
  • Although Jesus uses the term hades on only two occasions in Matthew, He emphasizes that the judgment of the wicked will be based on their opportunity to respond (Matt. 11: 21-24) and that the defensive gates of hades will not be able to withstand the Gospel's assault (Matt.

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