underworld in English

noun
1
the world of criminals or of organized crime.
It is suggested that an underworld crime figure planned to grab the mother and her child and to demand a six figure sum.
synonyms:criminal worldganglandcriminalsgangstersmobsters
2
the mythical abode of the dead, imagined as being under the earth.
To gain entrance to this forbidden domain she threatened to break down the gates of the underworld , free the dead and devour the living.
synonyms:the netherworldthe nether regionshellthe abysseternal damnationSheolHadesGehennaTophetthe other placethe pit
noun

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1. Bodiless existence in the underworld

2. The pits of the underworld.

3. Once, Ishtar descended to the underworld to challenge her sister Ereshkigal, the Queen of the Underworld.

4. He looked like a shifty underworld character.

5. What happened next shows his underworld influence.

6. You've no regards for principles of the underworld?

7. And in this night, something disturbs the underworld.

8. Chthonic, of or relating to earth, particularly the Underworld

9. He's accused of having connections with Japan's criminal underworld.

10. Now they're asking for help from Swindon's criminal underworld.

11. He was on his way to the underworld with Pirithous.

12. He's trying to communicate with his people in the underworld.

13. Plutinos are named after mythological creatures associated with the underworld.

14. Among the Hopi, Blackbird is a guide into the underworld.

15. Some claim that she still has connections to the criminal underworld.

16. In Celtic lore the Cauldron is the symbol of the Underworld

17. The central character of the novel is a sort of underworld figure.

18. Yes, by all the gods of the underworld, there must be!

19. I've placed upon the very bosom of the underworld, its top.

20. Most commentators assume that this lake is situated in some mythic underworld.

21. Charged Blacknesses are powerful elementalists in the Underworld specialising in Air Magic.

22. The caster summons a Wraith Lord from the Underworld to serve time.

23. The jargon of the criminal underworld is often referred to as argot.

24. In a duel with Mot, Baal is overcome and descends to the underworld.

25. In the underworld she was stripped, humiliated, whipped and hung on a peg.

26. Asphodel Underworld, Persephone Jewelry, Earrings, Stainless Steel, Hypoallergenic, Sterling, Gemstone Earrings, Modern, Witchy Wyther

27. Harvey Dent, scourge of the underworld scared stiff by the trust-fund brigade.

28. Tall mineral chimneys like underworld organ pipes soared thirty feet above the ocean floor.

29. They go from the representational world, to this analog-mesh underworld, where they're hiding.

30. Hades is also the name of the guy who ran the ancient greek underworld

31. 9 Snared rabbits: slept in a chicken coop: down in the underworld of docks.

32. The Charmed Ones fight off a shadowy figure seeking powerful artifacts from an underworld prison

33. The court represented a contact point with the underworld and the players sometimes represented gods.

34. Thus he suggested it be named for the Roman god of the underworld, Pluto.

35. You'll wander the underworld, blind, deaf, and dumb, and all the dead will know:

36. There were other possibles - mostly underworld figures - but I discounted them as red herrings.

37. You' il wander the underworld blind, deaf, and dumb, and all the dead will know

38. When the Boogey Man causes Grim to lose his powers, rank, and title in the Underworld

39. He was so near to death that even his eyes were like caves into the underworld.

40. On the bus back to Dallas, Dignan details his intricate plans for their underworld careers.

41. The underworld and Abaddon are never full , and the eyes of man have never enough.

42. "Cowgirl" is a song recorded by Underworld, originally released as a single in 1994

43. Some of those who dragged out the corpses were dressed as the god of the underworld.

44. The dogs could reputedly guide the spirits of the dead in their journey through the underworld.

45. He is a legendary bounty hunter, accepting warrants from both the Empire and the criminal underworld.

46. Madden brought Jack the consensus sentiment from half a dozen underworld powerhouses: Go someplace else, Jack.

47. Police say it's the worst assault they've seen, and they're asking for information from the criminal underworld.

48. In the confused laws of the cockney underworld, they were good blokes in the community they terrorised.

49. Isuza was their last king, but he fell in love with a princess from the underworld.

50. Finding and activating an End Portal requires ingredients you can only find in the Nether, Minecraft's underworld