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rained fire and brimstone

rained fire and brimstone is the simple past and past participle of rain fire and brimstone.

Meaning of rain fire and brimstone

Verb

rain fire and brimstone (third-person singular simple present rains fire and brimstone, present participle raining fire and brimstone, simple past and past participle rained fire and brimstone)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To send horror or destruction.
    • That day I raised my hand and swore obedience and loyalty to God, country and the Marine Corps, not necessarily in that order, and promised to rain fire and brimstone upon all enemies happened to be only two weeks after the buildup of troops began in Vietnam with the landing of the Ninth Marine...2003, Ray Hildreth, Charles W. Sasser, chapter 1, in Hill 488, New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books, →ISBN, pages 20–21

Questions about rained fire and brimstone

What is rained fire and brimstone the simple past and past participle of?
Rained fire and brimstone is the simple past and past participle of rain fire and brimstone.

Words near rained fire and brimstone in the dictionary

  1. rained cats and dogs
  2. rained death
  3. rained death upon
  4. rained dogs and cats
  5. rained down
  6. rained fire and brimstone
  7. rained like cats and dogs
  8. rained off
  9. rained on one's parade
  10. rained on someone's parade
  11. rained out

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