"hellspawn" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1994, Dennis O’Neil, Batman: Knightfall, Bantam Books, page 348",
          "text": "Despite his grim mien, his kinship with vein-biters and hellspawns, Batman always maintained one pious virtue, his unspoken insistence on the value—the sacredness—of human life.",
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          "ref": "1996, Anthony Timpone, Men, Makeup, and Monsters: Hollywood’s Masters of Illusion and FX, St. Martin’s Griffin, page 179",
          "text": "Image Animation also fabricated the hellspawns’ bondage-inspired costumes, substituting foam material for the more expensive leather of the previous two films.",
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          "text": "The face and voice were beyond question those of the man who had died to protect her in a room full of hellspawn and slaughter.",
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          "ref": "2003, Geoffrey Huntington [pseudonym; William J. Mann], “A Deadly Duel”, in Demon Witch (The Ravenscliff Series; II), ReganBooks, page 111",
          "text": "The door was ajar. Not so smart for a young Nightwing-in-training—especially when he’s got one of those filthy hellspawns in his hands.",
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        "A creature or creatures from hell."
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        "(fantasy) A creature or creatures from hell."
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          "sense": "creature(s) from Hell",
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          "roman": "isčádije áda",
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