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rains fire and brimstone

rains fire and brimstone is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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What is rains fire and brimstone the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Rains fire and brimstone is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rain fire and brimstone.

Words near rains fire and brimstone in the dictionary

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

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