Sodom
/ˈsɒdəm
/1A town in ancient Palestine, probably south of the Dead Sea. According to Gen. 19:24 it was destroyed by fire from heaven, together with Gomorrah, for the wickedness of its inhabitants.
1.1 (as noun a Sodom) A wicked or depraved place: the city has always been more than a tawdry Sodom and Gomorrah...
- ‘We want to stop the hurried flight of humanity towards a Sodom and Gomorra situation, and we want to save it,’ he added.
- Some may call Gotham City a Sodom and Gomorra of the modern era, but even with its faults and abundance of vice, there are still good people there trying to survive.
- Clearly only a man of iron self-discipline can be trusted in such a Sodom.
