ˌDante’s Inˈferno the first part of
Dante's poem
The Divine Comedy, in which he is led through different parts of
hell. The phrase ‘Dante’s Inferno’ is sometimes used to describe a place where there is a lot of fire, destruction etc:
When the bombing finally stopped, the city looked like Dante’s Inferno. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲