Gomorrah
[gə'mɔrə]
Definition
(noun.) (Old Testament) an ancient city near the Dead Sea that (along with Sodom) was destroyed by God for the vice and depravity of its inhabitants.
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Examples
- Scylla and Cha--confound it, I thought it was Sodom and Gomorrah! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- And the only reason why the land don't sink under it, like Sodom and Gomorrah, is because it is _used_ in a way infinitely better than it is. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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