Acheron
Americannoun
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Classical Mythology. a river in Hades over which Charon ferried the souls of the dead.
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the infernal regions; hell; Hades.
noun
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one of the rivers in Hades over which the souls of the dead were ferried by Charon Compare Styx
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the underworld or Hades
Example Sentences
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Features such as lineated valley fill and concentric crater fill were also noted in our August Mars Express report on Acheron Fossae.
From Science Daily
Somehow they’d landed several hundred yards from the banks of Acheron, which flowed through a channel cut into black volcanic hills.
From Literature
The path down to it leads to where Acheron, the river of woe, pours into Cocytus, the river of lamentation.
From Literature
When the Acheron, a metal haven in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, closed in 2016, it left a limited number of clubs that regularly host more extreme or lesser-known metal bands.
From New York Times
She has found solace only in alcohol and her job teaching at Acheron College in upstate New York.
From Washington Times
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