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FIRE AND BRIMSTONE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Old Testament) God's means of destroying sinners
Example:
his sermons were full of fire and brimstone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("fire and brimstone" is a kind of...):
damnation; eternal damnation (the state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell)
Domain category:
Old Testament (the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible)
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