Meaning of Abaddon | Babel Free

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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