raining fire and brimstone
raining fire and brimstone is the present participle and gerund 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)
- 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
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- Raining fire and brimstone is the present participle and gerund of rain fire and brimstone.
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