"hellifying" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more hellifying [comparative], most hellifying [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} hellifying (comparative more hellifying, superlative most hellifying)
  1. (slang) Extreme. Tags: slang Related terms: hellified
    Sense id: en-hellifying-en-adj-sb1yG3xe

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} hellifying
  1. present participle and gerund of hellify Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: hellify
    Sense id: en-hellifying-en-verb-vvIHsw5n Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82

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