"in heaven's name" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: en-au-in heaven's name.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=in heaven's name}} in heaven's name, {{en-PP|in heaven's name}} in heaven's name
  1. (idiomatic) An intensifier used with questions. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: the dickens Translations (intensifier): in hemelsnaam (Dutch), taivaan tähden (Finnish), au nom du ciel (French), pour l’amour du ciel (French), in nome del cielo (Italian), na miłość boską (Polish), an ainm an àigh (Scottish Gaelic), i fridens namn (Swedish), i hela fridens namn (Swedish)

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