brimstone
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brim·stone
(brĭm'stōn') 
n.
n.
- Sulfur.
- Damnation to hell.
- Fiery or passionate rhetoric: "the great American evangelist of Yankee bargain-hunting, converting us . . . with the brimstone of his secular preaching" (Rushworth M. Kidder).
[Middle English brimston, from Old English brynstān.]
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Pliny (ca. 23-79 C.E.) stated that houses were formerly hallowed against evil spirits by the use of brimstone.
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Brimstone is an alternative name for sulfur. It may also refer to:
- Fire and brimstone, an idiomatic expression of signs of God's wrath in the Bible
- Brimstone (comics), a DC Comics character
- Brimstone (novel), a 2004 novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
- Brimstone (Robert B. Parker novel), a 2009 Western novel
- Brimstone (Transformers), various characters in different Transformers series
- Brimstone (TV series)
- Brimstone (wrestler) (born 1974), American professional wrestler
- Brimstone missile
- Brimstone moth, a moth of the family Geometridae
- Gonepteryx, a genus of butterflies commonly known as the Brimstones
- Gonepteryx rhamni, a species of Gonepteryx commonly known as the Brimstone or Common Brimstone
See also
- Brimstone and Treacle, a 1976 television play and 1982 film by Dennis Potter
- Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Brimstone Cup, an annual soccer cup
- Brimstone Society, a fictional vampire coven in the video game BloodRayne
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Brimstone
Nederlands (Dutch)
zwavel, (nacht)vlinder met gele vleugels
Français (French)
n. - (Archit) soufre (brut), citron
Deutsch (German)
n. - Schwefel
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ακατέργαστο) θειάφι, (μτφ.) πυρ εξ ουρανού
idioms:
- fire and brimstone (θα πέσει) φωτιά να σε κάψει
Português (Portuguese)
n. - enxofre (m) (Quím.)
Русский (Russian)
сера, серный
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
硫黄
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 硫黃
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 유황, 잔소리가 심한 여자
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 硫黄, ヤマキチョウ
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) معدن الكبريت, صنف فراشه
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - גופרית, פרפר או עש עם כנפיים צהובות
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