Abaddon

Definitions

1. The destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit; Apollyon;
2. An informer; a criminal who informs on other criminals to the authorities.
   British, archaic, slang
3. Hell; the bottomless pit; a place of destruction.
   poetic

Equivalents

Examples

“In all her gates, Abaddon rues Thy bold attempt⟳.”

“The prisoner, Money Moses, better known among thieves and fences as Moses the abaddon, has been, to my knowledge, for the last⟳ twenty years a receiver and dealer in stolen property.”

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