brimstone
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- noun
- /ˈbrɪmˌstoʊn/
- Archaic
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- We don't preach fire and brimstone.
- fire and brimstone
- hellfire and brimstone
- hell and brimstone
Christians are easily manipulated because of his Hellfire and brimstone type message.
- Christians are easily manipulated because of his Hellfire and brimstone type message.
- We want Hellfire and brimstone, cram it up your ass kind of thing.
Examples
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The Pentecostal preacher scared the women, hurling fire and brimstone and warnings of death from his pulpit.
Fiction book (1999) -
Fire and brimstone will suffice.
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I would tell them of the brimstone from which they came.
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Now if they want fire and brimstone, then they gonna get it!
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Is it really full of fire and brimstone and cool stuff like that?
Fiction book (1994) -
I had enough of that fire and brimstone when I was a kid.
Fiction book (1990) -
You never know when the fire and brimstone is going to come raining down.
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His hands hooked over a Bible and his eyes, yes, burning like brimstone.
Fiction book (2002) -
Then the preacher Pons, redolent of brimstone, rosewater, and soured milk, took the dais.
Fiction book (1993) -
In the old tales, the wicked were punished with fire and brimstone for their sins.
Synonyms
A bright yellow mineral that occurs as pure crystals in rocks and near volcanoes
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Brimstone comes from old words meaning 'burning stone', with brim like 'burning' and stone like 'stone'. That's why brimstone is used for sulfur, which burns easily and was linked to 'hellfire' in old stories.