noisy and unrestrained mischief; "raising blazes";
violent and excited activity; "they began to fight like sin";
(religion) the world of the dead; "he didn''t want to go to hell when he died";
(Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment; "Hurl''d headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milton; "a demon from the depths of the pit";
a cause of difficulty and suffering; "war is hell"; "go to blazes";
any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you''re alone Christmas is the pits";;
