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witches' brew

/ˈwɪtʃɪzˌbɹuː/

witches' brew noun: a strange, powerful, terrifying or dangerous concoction of ingredients.

Noun

witches' brew (plural witches' brews)

  1. A strange, powerful, terrifying or dangerous concoction of ingredients.
    • In turn, the nitro-glycerin ignited cardboard boxes containing a witches' brew of urea pellets and sulphuric acid.22 According to investigators and other officials, Yousef's objective was to topple Tower One onto Tower Two[…]2010, Gus Martin, Understanding Terrorism: Challenges, Perspectives, and Issues, SAGE, →ISBN, page 22
    • The non-Greek festivals are characterized by a sexual license that engulfs the family and […] so leads to incest and a “witches' brew” of salaciousness and cruelty.2019 December 13, Michael Davis, The Music of Reason: Rousseau, Nietzsche, Plato, University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN, page 83

Forms of witches' brew

pluralwitches' brews
alternative formwitch's brew

Questions about witches' brew

What does witches' brew mean?
Witches' brew means a strange, powerful, terrifying or dangerous concoction of ingredients.
What part of speech is witches' brew?
Witches' brew is a noun.
How do you pronounce witches' brew?
Witches' brew is pronounced /ˈwɪtʃɪzˌbɹuː/.
What is the plural of witches' brew?
The plural of witches' brew is witches' brews.

Words near witches' brew in the dictionary

  1. Witches Cauldron
  2. witches of Agnesi
  3. witches' bells
  4. witches' besom
  5. witches' besoms
  6. witches' brew
  7. witches' brews
  8. witches' broom
  9. witches' brooms
  10. witches' butter
  11. witches' butters

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