hellstorm

plural hellstorms

1. A hellish onslaught.

   They marched up through the open field under the hellstorm of shells and bullets from the Spanish.

   1899, Oscar King Davis, Our Conquests in the Pacific, New York, N.Y.: Frederick A. Stokes Company, page 178

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   With the Athalar magic to restore her life, she could weather the hellstorm of Synalon’s deathbolts.

   1980, Robert E[dward] Vardeman, Victor Milán, The Sundered Realm, Playboy Paperbacks, published 1981, →ISBN, pages 155–156

   Thus, when, through the constant fear of obliteration of existence, the psyche is left with mere existence itself, then the psyche is not only cleansed, but all psyches that have weathered the hellstorm of terror are left with the same thing – mere (general) existence.

   1982, Tom Darby, The Feast: Meditations on Politics and Time, University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 57

   Without hesitation, the commandos triggered their assault rifles and light machine guns. Hemmed in by the circle of Soviet executioners, the yaks cried out in terror and agony as lead hellstorms of 7.62mm lead marched along their hides.

   1990, Dan Schmidt, Red Firestorm (Eagle Force #4), Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 72

   The invasions of Guadalcanal and Tarawa were hellstorms of bayonet-in-the-gut fighting—and America’s first steps to Tokyo.

   1993 October, Sid Moody, “The Solomons: Toehold to Victory”, in The American Legion, volume 135, number 4, page 18

   Blowing flame, the automatic shotguns roared louder than thunder, spraying a hellstorm of lead pellets that killed half a dozen people inside the restaurant and blew off chunks of the tabletop.

   2002, Deep Rampage (Stony Man), Gold Eagle Books, →ISBN, page 171