Hell and Shaft

Hell

Hell noun - The place of punishment for the wicked after death.

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Shaft and hell are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shaft" instead a noun "Hell".

Nearby Words: hellish, hellion

Shaft noun - A narrow sharply defined line of light radiating from an object.

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Hell and shaft are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hell" instead a noun "Shaft".

Nearby Word: shafting

high	high hell	high shaft
full	full hell	full shaft
nice	nice hell	nice shaft
long	long hell	long shaft
Other adjectives: particular, complete, original, endless, single, sheer, open, entire, big, evil, little, dark, abandoned.

If you have to look along the shaft of an arrow from the wrong end, if a man has you entirely at his mercy, then hope like hell that man is an evil man.

Source: Good Is Not Soft
The trailer for Assassin's Creed: Revelations kicks off with Ezio getting shot in the shoulder with an arrow, calmly snapping off the shaft and leaving the head in, before proceeding to beat the hell out of dozens of Templars with no visible problems, being overwhelmed only after being distracted.

Source: Annoying Arrows
Hellevator: The term is used to describe any pit, shaft, or tunnel of any kind that leads directly from the surface (or very close to the surface) straight down to the very lowest level of the game world; Hell itself.

Source: Video Game / Terraria

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