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Meanings of
brimstone
in English
Portuguese
enxofre
Catalan
sofre
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An old name for sulfur.
native sulfur
native sulphur
Portuguese
enxofre
Usage of
brimstone
in English
1
A
fire
-
and
-
brimstone
type, he dominated the political scene, going after corrupt politicians.
2
However, JZ is just as capable of giving us fire and
brimstone
.
3
His roast was a screech owl in a sauce of glowing
brimstone
.
4
You carry
brimstone
enough to set every one in flames about you.
5
Pull, then, do pull; never mind the
brimstone
-
devils
are
good fellows enough.
6
And out of their mouths went forth fire and smoke and
brimstone
.
7
Only waiting for our arrival before it bursts into
brimstone
and fire.
8
They would have found that they were playing with fire and
brimstone
.
9
Each of them had a load of stolen
brimstone
on his head.
10
We are notoriously fond of
brimstone
,
if it is not too strong.
11
Houses have been cleared of bugs after being thoroughly fumigated with
brimstone
.
12
Is it for this that we have lived in fire and
brimstone
?
13
He can't find the lake of fire and
brimstone
without a guide.
14
He licks with his naked tongue red-hot tobacco pipes, flaming with
brimstone
.
15
A gush of chemical heat, smelling faintly like
brimstone
,
washed over them.
16
Why has not some one already written a
fire
-
and
-
brimstone
romance about them?
Other examples for "brimstone"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
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brimstone
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
burn brimstone
smell the brimstone
flame brimstone
have a brimstone
molten brimstone
More collocations
Translations for
brimstone
Portuguese
enxofre
enxôfre
Catalan
sofre
Brimstone
through the time
Brimstone
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common