fire and brimstone Meaning of "fire and brimstone"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) (Old Testament) God's means of destroying sinners

Usage(s):

  1. That turned out to be a bridge too far for Congressman Tom DeLay, who called down fire and brimstone upon the American judiciary.
  2. The worldly aspirations of Mumbai's diverse millions, they said, would be cowed by a spectacle of fire and brimstone.
  3. 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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