fire and brimstone
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Definition(s):
- (n) (Old Testament) God's means of destroying sinners
Usage(s):
- That turned out to be a bridge too far for Congressman Tom DeLay, who called down fire and brimstone upon the American judiciary.
- The worldly aspirations of Mumbai's diverse millions, they said, would be cowed by a spectacle of fire and brimstone.
- The growing audience for apocalyterature extends even into mainline Protestantism, a tradition that has spent little time on fire and brimstone.
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