He will reach a terrible place (4)

I believe the answer is:

hell

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'terrible place' is the definition.
(hell is terrible or evil)

I don't understand the remainder of the clue.

(Other definitions for hell that I've seen before include "Place of suffering" , "Gehenna" , "Place of vice, misery or turmoil" , "Abode of the damned" , "Unpleasant place" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.

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